Step by Step (1946)
1h 2m | PG-13
Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn's new job as secretary to a U.S. senator in California soon brings unexpected intrigue and trouble for her and Johnny. The machinations of a sinister group of Nazi spies lead to mysteries and mistaken identities, and the two soon find themselves framed for murder!
Director: Phil Rosen
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Lawrence Tierney
as Johnny Christopher
Anne Jeffreys
as Evelyn Smith
Lowell Gilmore
as Von Dorn
Myrna Dell
as Gretchen
Harry Harvey
as Sen. Remmy
Addison Richards
as James Blackton
Reviews
Quite a far-fetched affair as Lawrence Tierney (rarely in the guise of a "good guy") bumps into Anne Jeffreys and together they get embroiled up in a Nazi plot in California. There's plenty of fisticuffs and pistol-whipping as Jeffreys discovers that her Senator boss is being spied upon - and they must stay ahead of pursuing Nazis and police alike. It does move along nippily for an hour, but the story is pretty predictable.