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Tread Softly is a 1952 British crime film with musical overtones, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley.[3][4] A chorus girl investigates a series of mysterious happenings at a derelict theatre.

Tread Softly
Directed by	David MacDonald
Written by	Gerald Verner Donald Ginsberg Vivian Cox
Based on	BBC radio serial & novel The Show Must Go On by Gerald Verner[1][2]
Produced by	Vivian Cox Donald Ginsberg
Starring	Frances Day Patricia Dainton John Bentley
Cinematography	Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by	Jean Barker
Music by	Ivor Slaney
Production company	Albany Films
Distributed by	Apex Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	December 1952 (1952-12) (UK)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It was made at Marylebone Studios and at the Granville Theatre in Fulham. While made as a second feature it also had aspirations to top the bill in some cinemas.[5]

Set in a theatre it allows an odd combination of light musical numbers with a murder crime story. It includes several elaborate dance routines.

Cast

• Frances Day as Madeleine Peters
• Patricia Dainton as Tangye Ward
• John Bentley as Keith Gilbert
• John Laurie as Angus McDonald
• Olaf Olsen as Philip Defoe
• Nora Nicholson as Isobel Mayne
• Harry Locke as Nutty Potts
• Betty Baskcomb as Olivia Winter
• Robert Urquhart as Clifford Brett
• Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Hinton
• Michael Ward as Alexander Mayne
• Nelly Arno
• Hamilton Keene
• Betty Hare
• Colin Croft as Dancer
• Kenneth MacMillan as Dancer
• Keith Sawbridge as Pianist
• Anthony Verner

References

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

• Tread Softly at IMDb

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