Step Down to Terror

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...

Cast

Colleen Miller

as Helen Walters

Charles Drake

as Johnny Walters

Rod Taylor

as Mike Randall

Josephine Hutchinson

as Mrs. Walters

Jocelyn Brando

as Lily

Alan Dexter

as Roy

Ricky Kelman

as Doug Walters

Ann Doran

as Mrs. Duprez

Nelson Leigh

as Reverend Johnson (unconfirmed)

Eleanor Audley

as Miss Brighton (uncredited)

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