Step Down to Terror

Sep 1, 1958

1h 16m

★ 5.6

STEP BY STEP... he made a career out of love.... and murder!

Overview

Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Step Down to Terror Trailers

Cast

Helen Walters

Colleen Miller

Johnny Walters

Charles Drake

Mike Randall

Rod Taylor

Mrs. Walters

Josephine Hutchinson

Lily

Jocelyn Brando

Roy

Alan Dexter

Doug Walters

Ricky Kelman

Mrs. Duprez

Ann Doran

Reverend Johnson (unconfirmed)

Nelson Leigh

Miss Brighton (uncredited)

Eleanor Audley

Mrs. Dunwiddy (uncredited)

Helen Bennett

Tom Hobbs (uncredited)

Jim Brandt

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