US Release date: 3 June 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA.
Running time: 94 minutes.
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: William Powell, Shelley Winters & Marsha Hunt
Australian Distributor: Universal
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Union’s Liberty Theatre from 9 March 1950 with Riders of the Santa Fe as support.
Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais 1-EX
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 125 | 170 |
| EF PPE | 2.27 | 235 |
| Metres Travelled | 518,201 | 97 |
| Average MT | 9,422 | 322 |
| Engagements | 55 | 25 |
| Slots | 62 | 92 |
| Weeks | 7 | 141 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 12.73% | 176 |
| Saturdays | 18 | 135 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 32.73% | 198 |
| Tuesdays | 30 | 23 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 54.55% | 74 |
| First billed | 14 | 167 |
| Second billed | 41 | 72 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 49 |
| Ratio | 89.09% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.27% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 4 |
| Ratio | 7.27% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.88% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 3.64% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.40% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 61.82% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.96% |
| Independent eng | 7 |
| Ratio | 12.73% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.23% |
| Suburban eng | 14 |
| Ratio | 25.45% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.73% |
NOTES: An efficient programmer for Hoyts that was bypassed by Union theatres for its opening suburban run. A high number of engagements but few outside of the inner suburbs. Used mostly as a support for Sanders of the River, it managed a a number of top billings of its own.
Take One False Step engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Homicide |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 15/7/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Sanders of the River |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Vote Huggett |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 2 | South of St Louis |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 12/8/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 12/8/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Adventure in Baltimore |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 19/8/50 | 7 | T | 1 | King of the Gamblers |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Maytime in Mayfair |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 9/9/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Once a Jolly Swagman |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Once More my Darling |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 16/9/50 | 11 | T | 1 | A Challenge to Lassie |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 23/9/50 | 12 | S | 2 | South of St Louis |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 4/11/50 | 18 | T | 2 | Whispering Smith |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 16/12/50 | 24 | T | 2 | Outpost in Morocco |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 31/3/51 | 36 | S | 2 | The Cure For Love |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 30/6/51 | 52 | T | 2 | Slave Girl |
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