I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

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A Cornell Woolrich novel was the source for the variable Monogram melodrama I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes. The plot refers to the dancing shoes of young terpsichorean Tom (Don Castle). A print from one of those shoes is found at the scene of a murder, and the police don't buy Tom's story that his… More A Cornell Woolrich novel was the source for the variable Monogram melodrama I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes. The plot refers to the dancing shoes of young terpsichorean Tom (Don Castle). A print from one of those shoes is found at the scene of a murder, and the police don't buy Tom's story that his footwear was stolen. The only person who believes in Tom's innocence is his wife and dancing partner Ann (Elyse Knox), and it is she who follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer. Without revealing the ending, it can be noted here that the actual miscreant has remained in very close proximity of both Tom and Ann all along -- and has been encouraged to do so by the police! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed By: William Nigh
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The film's ordinariness is overcome by the realistic matter-of-fact way it made its case against capital punishment.

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Cast

            Jimmy Aubrey as Tramp

            Stanley Blystone as McGee

            Walden Boyle as Priest

            Charles D. Brown as Inspector Stevens

            Paul Bryar as Guard

            Herman Cantor as Jury Foreman

            Don Castle as Tom

            Hugh Charles as Counterman

            Steven Darrell as District Attorney

            Matty Fain as Prisoner

            Bill Kennedy as Second Detective

            Donald Kerr as Vaudevillian

            Elyse Knox as Ann

            Robert Lowell as Kosloff

            Rory Mallinson as First Detective

            Lou Marcelle as Announcer

            Esther Michelson as Mrs. Finkelstein

            William H. Ruhl as Police Lieutenant

            John Shay as Salesman

            John Sheehan as Judge

            Ray Teal as Guard

            Regis Toomey as Judd

            Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Stevens

            Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Alvin

            Tito Vuolo as Grocer

            Bill Walker as Prisoner

            Wally Walker as Shoe Clerk

            Dan White as Prisoner

            Joe Bernard as Janitor

            John Doucette
            
            Eddie Parker as Policeman

            John Elliott as Lawyer
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