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Tread Softly

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

Top Cast

  • Frances Day

    Frances Day

    Madeleine Peters

  • Patricia Dainton

    Patricia Dainton

    Tangye Ward

  • John Bentley

    John Bentley

    Keith Gilbert

  • John Laurie

    John Laurie

    Angus McDonald

  • Olaf Olsen

    Olaf Olsen

    Philip Defoe

  • Nora Nicholson

    Nora Nicholson

    Mrs Mayne

  • Harry Locke

    Harry Locke

    Nutty Potts

  • Betty Baskcomb

    Betty Baskcomb

    Olivia Winters

  • Robert Urquhart

    Robert Urquhart

    Clifford Brett

Overview

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

Rating

5.7 / 10
6 Reviews
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2 Reviews

  • dennyjt
    dennyjt
    3 Aug 11, 2022

    Odd mix of light, frivolous musical and dark murder mystery. Bentley's new musical needs a theatre so he arranges to hire old lady Nicholson's disused hall. Trouble is, they find a body behind the stage. The cast aren't phased by this and carry on rehearsing their silly songs and dances while the gruff cops investigate. After another murder, things get serious, but not much. A decidedly second-rate movie with a second-league cast of no distinction., only the backstage setting is of interest.

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Sep 9, 2022

    A complete cannibalisation of loads of other stories, but it's still quite a watchable little drama based on the BBC radio serial "The Show Must Go On". An actress (Frances Day) walks out on a production days before curtain up and Patricia Dainton is selected to fill her shoes. Next thing we know, folks start dropping like flies (including Day) and John Bentley and Ronald Leigh-Hunt get their investigating caps on. We soon discover that 40 years ago, there was a murder in the same theatre...might it be a ghost? It is as well it is set in a theatre, as there are at least half a dozen, decently performed full-length theatrical or nightclub numbers.

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