Step Down To Terror (1958)
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- A re-make of Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt (1943).
Synopsis
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...
Crime Drama Film Noir
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Thank you for the upload. These old movies are gems.
Today Hollywierd is churning out pure JUNK.
Excellent movie, olden days were the golden days!👌👍👏👏
Thank you.
Good to see Rod Taylor, young and learning his craft.
And Jocelyn Brando, Marlon's sister.🌹🌷
Nice old movie, thank you for posting. I am watching it, saying to the screen-"WHY do people in these kind of movies always tell a MURDERER that they know, and are going straight to the police!" I mean- that is not smart.
Lazy screenwriting.
I was just saying that to my husband, yesterday. 😂
Love it......rented room with a raw 40 watt light bulb hanging from the ceiling. Nothing says "skid row" like a bulb with no shade
"Nothing says 'Skid Row' " like shades with no bulbs.
@@None-zc5vg TOTALLY.....but you can't see the shades without the light from the bulb.
I steered clear of comparing this movie to Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt". It was pretty good in its own right, but the only actor that came popping up in my head was Joseph Cotton & I tried hard not to compare...It's interesting to see how other directors & actors approach the same subject. Still well done little gem.
Johnny said he grew up poor in that house. I should be so poor! That house was fine and finely furnished. It was also very well maintained as inside and out it looked freshly painted. It takes money to keep such a large house maintained. Back then only the very well to do had more than one phone. Yet the house had a phone upstairs in the hallway. Poor my butt!
I agree. Most working class people didn't own houses. They rented apartments., Or one floor of a house.
@@gailfisher1350"The American Dream" is and was financial security and a house with a white pickett fence. I hope we can agree to disagree but I believe that under the Trump Presidency home ownership aka mortgages were at an all time high, but that's by numbers not percentages of different demographics.
Actually I believe most Americans owned their own homes from 1789 until the Great Depression. Thereafter WWII I believe that to be the case as well. Then we come to the 1970's and outsourcing of our manufacturing and it's been downhill till Trump. Now it's downhill again under Deep State Be-lied-in.
Your absolutely right. I grew up in the late 60s and into the 70s, and even in the early 70s, not everyone had a telephone. Trying to own and maintain a house like that, took serious money, even in the 70s.
@@captainjack8823 "Trump kleptocracy," I think you mean. Astonishing.
Johnny thought they were poor; he RESENTED having to ride a bike on a paper route....his thinking was probably never balanced...
I saw this as a teenager . It was great to find it again
That Desoto was quite a car in that day. Good film.
One of a handfull, even very rare back in the day
I remember my brother had a two-tone convertible. Wonderful car.
This was just before Virgil Exner fell flat on his face. Pity poor Craig Stevens, in Peter Gunn. He started out with a '58 Desoto, like this one, and wound up with a '61 Plymouth convertible. I would have been embarrassed to drive it.
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Thanks for sharing this. The movie was great ! I grew up in that era and many scenes brought back memories.
This seems to be a remake of Hitchcock's film " Shadow of a doubt."
The library scene looked familiar.
A 1958 De Soto! What a lovely (But HUGE) automobile!
and un-ecologic one... 20, 25 liters/100 km. (Yes I'm European)
The detective was a great Aussie actor who never gained the following here that many have since. He was offered the role of the first James Bond but turned it down, which he regretted all his life.
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 - 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including The Time Machine (1960), The Birds (1963), Sunday in New York (1963), 36 Hours (1965), The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Hotel (1967), Chuka (1967), The Hell with Heroes (1968), and Zabriskie Point (1970) and was the star of TV show Hong Kong.
I saw this movie several years back and just as it was then, it’s still a classic gem❣️🫣Thank you for uploading this masterpiece that twist & turned🧐😳😮❤️
Good movie! ‘ Course, I loved the Hitchcock version (Shadow of a Doubt) with Teresa Wright and dear Joseph Cotten.......as in typical Hitchcock style, it seemed to have more “twisty-turnies”; I also liked the idea of “Uncle and Niece” in Hitchcock’s film vs. sister-in-law etc.....
All in all though, I really enjoyed this version! Thank you so much for posting! Those of us on a very fixed income thank God for you every day!
Much love, many prayers for your continued success......God bless all here with the Love of Jesus! 🕊💖✝️✡️🙏🙋♀️
Great movie. I can only think about back then when average people could live that nice and now only the extremely rich can afford the property taxes in that neighborhood.
The late great Charles Drake was a great actor and a great person.
I really liked Mr. Drake
He sucks this time. He makes Roger Moore look like an actor.
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I'll have to watch and see ... you may have something, and that's a great line about Mr Moore!
Very enjoyable movie. He didn't look or sound like a bad guy. Had finesse and charm. Another example why we "can't judge a book by the cover.
Johnny's mother played the robot nanny in an episode of the Twighlight zone. She never aged...just moved on to another family.
Thank you! I knew she looked familiar.
Something like "I Sing the Body Electric."
Not true.
@@mapleleaf0 You got! I noticed her from that episode too...and remembered the name because it seemed such a strange title.
That episode just aired Tuesday night. "I Sing the Body Electric" is one of my top 5 Twilight Zone episodes. It's also the name of the finale song in the 80s movie "Fame" ., which is also a favorite. I never saw the remake..
Every noir film has a Johnny.
And his is the ONLY name you ever hear said, over and over and over... In fact, I call them "Johnny movies".
@@yukyukyuk1335 LOL!
A good 🎥 in a good clear print 😀👋
Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Many thanks for sharing.
Omg I was in love with the gorgeous Rod Taylor , think i was like 8 or 9 when i saw 'The Time Machine ' & then 'The Birds'. actually never seen this movie so this is a real treat. Thank you✌
No doubt Rod Taylor has beguiled a lot of people over time ... irrespective of gender (myself included).
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I love watching these movies. All men wore suits, even crooks and the ladies wore pretty dresses which showed their beauty without vulgarity or nudity.
To me this age seems magical!!
The only thing I did not like is that “ the kitchen is no place for a man”
Those suits were seldom washed and often stank to high heaven of cigar smoke and BO.
I'm with you.
Rasha...
Many houses in Britain are so small the kitchen sink is used as a bath!
@@danbowman9294 I forgot, many were dry cleaned 😊👖👔
Shirts HAD to he IRONED
ALSO cigarette smoke was a problem until mid 80s😭🤣
I'm hoping suits and dresses come back as standard....but with our wash n wear fabrics
@@danbowman9294 my father and uncles always wore suits that didn’t smell and changed shirts regularly. It all depends how one takes care.
"He doesn't mean any harm dear." He really doesn't." Destroys his nephews bike. 😲 Thanks for the upload. God bless you.
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great movie, thank you for sharing.
Excellent remake of the original, very enjoyable!
Can't agree with you. Shadow of a Doubt was much better.
He made his escape in a ultra cool DeSoto convertible! But it wasn't an Adventurer and it wasn't the '57 with the HEMI....so of course he didn't make it......BTW, these movies are great guides to how FAR DOWN we've come. Look at what the average middle class guy drove then and look at the ugly econo box you're supposed to be thrilled with today....
Yes, it is a big block and that beats the early Hemi in every way. It is way lighter and that Y-block can produce way, way more reliable horsepower.
Got my license driving those land yachts..All they were really good for was the drive ins.Seats like a twin bed! Difficult to park,and they attracted rust like no tomorrow..
Cars are so much better today. You can have that Desoto that had to be tuned every 3,000 miles, same with oil change, a new tailpipe every 10,000 miles. body rust in two years, breakdown regularly. Today we have cars that last longer, get better gas mileage, rarely break down, need a tune maybe after 50,000 miles, etc.
@@JDSFLA Rust and safety yes, otherwise a big NO. These cars can last forever, properly serviced. Not possible with todays garbage and there is no need for 3000 mile oil changes with modern oils.
I drive a 60 Fury since 1988 almost daily, original Motor, heads never been off since August 59, 340+ K miles still runs like new, no noises, perfect oil pressure, top speed beyond 140 mph. All my cars are very high mileage and abused original Chryslers from the late 50s/early 60s, all still run great. My daily driver, a 60 Plymouth, still has the OE front wheel bearings and inner tie rod ends at 340 000 miles. The OE untouched PS steering box still works like new and never leaked a drop of oil in 61 years, just like the rear axle. I only had one transmission failure in over 32 years. Thats it. These cars are as depenable as it gets. Today you are forced to buy a new car every 5-8 years. You won't see a 2020 model in 2070 on the road, when these cars still run.
Let's see something
Thank you for posting!
Interesting to see a class-based remake, with a working class family instead of an upper class one.
Pretty good... if you stop making endless comparisons it stands up well as a film. Obviously the Hitch version is in a different league. Thanks for sharing this one.
I fell asleep listening to this and dreamt my own scenario. I'm going to have to watch it now just to see how different it was from my dream. I woke up right as the movie was about to end. Strange.
I really enjoyed this movie.
Why this so-called re-make would be considered anything less than a major disappointment is beyond me...It doesn't even deserve to be in Hitchcock's "shadow!"
Brought back memories of the small towns and people I remember. Too bad most of this country now has a Johnny mentality. They hate everything decent, and see everything through a distorted lens.
I'm with you on the "johnny".
Is Johnny the epitome of a charlatan?
Doesn't mean what you think it means. ! Bad omen
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Agree. They took prayer out of school replaced it with drugs, child molesters and murderers are receiving minimum sentences, schools are forced to teach little children about sex and about being transsexuals (too much for a kid to comprehend), our politicians are letting criminals go free, and bringing thousands of criminals across the border illegally everyday, we can buy gas, food, housing because of the economy, there’s talk of nuclear war all the time. Do we really expect to take our free America back when all these unnecessary changes are going on? I mean I can’t watch tv anymore so I watch old black and white movies and enjoy going back in time. I love the houses, hairdos,cars, loving families, scenery and especially the innocent language that was used then. I hope everyone will pray for our country to become the great republic that it once was instead of the laughing stock of the world. Be kind…live,laugh,love, and give. The world will be better if we fight for our constitutional rights 🇺🇸. Sorry I didn’t mean to make this political.
Excellent movie, thanks for posting.
Enjoyed the movie.
Stair repair was a lot faster back in the day. LOL!
Samantha Stevens lives next door 🤣
Less 'red tape' / bureaucracy / health & safety back then ... just get the job done.
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Love this great classic movie
Pretty good remake of a classic
If you don't have time don't start watching this movie cuz you're going to stay till the end
LOL
I knew the ending after the first ten minutes. Too predictable.
I loved it thank you so much 😊
A great, well acted and intriguing movie 🍿 much enjoyed, thank you 😊
Very good suspenseful movie!
This is a remake of Shadow of a Doubt 1943 with Joseph Cotton and Theresa Wright!!
Umm... Yeah, we read that in the synopsis/description.
Excellent Movie!! Rickey Kelman (b. 1950) and Colleen Miller(b. 1932) as of Mar.4, 2021 are still with us.
Last line was wrong...Johnny will NOT be at rest now. Such a good old movie.
"And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire." - Revelation 20:15
An OK movie. Thanks for posting it.
excellent...thanks a lot for uploading the masterpiece...
Great picture! Rod Taylor in a supporting role! Amazing my parents had a DeSoto that konked, then they bought a Dodge Coronet, just like the lawmen were driving, but ours was white. I was almost 4 years of age when this picture was made ~ really takes me back. Thanks for uploading this very entertaining and suspenseful picture.
@@penny8579 Boomers are everywhere -- birth of '52.
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Class of '48.
Thanks for sharing this movie.
I had seen that Universal Studios back lot " neighborhood" on a number of shows and movies including " The Twilight Zone", " Leave it To Beaver" , " I Dream Of Jeannie" and many others.
The second Cleaver house was built for the 1955 movie, The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart. Another great movie.
That back lot neighborhood was used in every thing. They got their money's worth out of it. Star Trek episode " A piece of the action" the gangster episode was filmed there.
Working class people didn't own houses, especially one this large and nice. They rented apartments, or one floor of a house.
Worth watching it again. Thanks 😊
This reminds me of Hitchcock’s “ Shadow of a Doubt”
That house was the size of a hotel!
Very interesting💥💝🥰🤗🎉Thank you for uploading this film it had a little bit of a twist of sorts😳💕💥❣️🥰❤️
Brilliant just brilliant thanks 😊
Great Film.......All will enjoy this drama.........Well done............................Patrick.
I sort of found this to be a good film, but I wished they had put more money into it. Everything seems filmed on a backlot and the house interior set (the living area, specifically) looks like it was pieced together from three other standing sets.
Scorchy666: You should definitely watch the Hitchcock original movie, Shadow of a Doubt. I just watched it online. Just do a search. You should be able to find it fairly quickly if you search under Watch
Excellent movie thank you
Agree love it too.!..
Thanks for the upload 👍 !! XD
Good ole movie. Loved that convertible!
All he had to tell her was that he bought the ring in an antique shop instead of the silly card game lie.
Charles Drake wakes up,gets out of bed in true hollywood style.No morning sigh,no rubbing of the face,no wipe the sleep from the eyes and no fart.
best comment ever..... :v
What guy wakes up and does not go pee first thing?
Oh u 🤣
@@andrewbillingsley9377 No one in Hollywood ever has to pee. In fact bodily functions don`t exist in Hollywood
@@andrewbillingsley9377Or gal.
This was an "Oh, my gosh" movie with the stairs scene and in the car with the little boy on the bicycle. This reminded me of Shadow of Doubt. I see others think so. The house looked like the house in The Donna Reed Show and I Dream of Jennie. The opening scene where the man was going through the trash is sort of up to date with people being out of work and looking for recycling. I see regular people doing it.
Yeah, what a coincidence huh? going to the trash, is like a window looking into the future.
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Love this film..
Thanks for this.
A lackluster remake. Hitchcock's version was far better, as were Joseph Cotton and Teresa Wright.
well, the blonde getting dressed at the beginning kept me waiting for a return appearance. I'm sure Hitchcock would have made more of her.
and the great Rod Taylor!
I saw the original and it can’t be copied
I think there was a deliberate sexual attraction between Joseph Cotton and Teresa Wright in Shadow of Doubt, so they made the stars in the remake not relatives by blood.
LOVELY FILM.THANKS..
Very enjoyable film something the kids today would never be keen on watching.
That Helen character is stupid. Confronting a psycho killer and telling him to leave and threatening to go to the authorities if he didn't. Instead of going to them in the first place.
Then there wouldn't have been a movie plot😂
@@heatherknutson or maybe a better movie plot.
@@michaelward9880 lol, that's true.
@@michaelward9880 i enjoyed the movie though
@@heatherknutson yeah, me too.
One didn’t have to lock doors back then 🤗
ps Great movie, thx a bunch
I noticed that too. Johnny and his sister-in-law in and out of the side door. She even walked to the library at night.
Thank you very much dear friend.
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Hello and Happy New Year from upstate New York, USA!
And a merry CHRISTmas to you!! ✝️
thanks again for posting. it was great re-visiting/re-living a film that i had not seen in over 50 years and especially this one which scared me so very badly when i was little. i have all ready sent the link to a Fb friend and in an e-mail to my cousin. i will post it to my Fb page and in a Fb horror group; 'hopefully that will help you get a few more views.
This version was entertaining but the acting was not up to par with Shadow of a Doubt.
I love. The house dresses the women used to wear.
Good movie
Man, Rod Taylor was handsome and could act!
Joseph Cotten would always have been a hard act to follow in 'Shadow of Doubt' which keeps you guessing till the very end. This movie is too bland. This is the peril of trying to remake that Hitchcock masterpiece.
I am a child of the 50s this movie takes me back?
Thanks for the upload 🌸
Step Down to Terror, released USA September 1958, UK 12 October 1958. Colleen Miller as Helen Walters; Charles Drake as Johnny Walters; Rod Taylor as Mike Randall; Josephine Hutchinson as Sarah Walters; Jocelyn Brando as Lily Kirby; Alan Dexter as Roy; Rickey Kelman as Doug Walters; Ann Doran as Mrs. Duprez; Nelson Leigh as Reverend Johnson; Eleanor Audley as Miss Brighton; Helen Bennett as Mrs. Dunwiddy; Jim Brandt as Tom Hibbs; Gwen Caldwell as Rose Cobb; John Close, Detective; Barbara Drew as Hazel Cobb; Harold Goodwin, Man with Dog; Herbert Lytton, Doctor; Elmore Vincent as Mr. Dunwiddy.
Umm... Yeah, we got that.
Cool noir!----Nice variation on Uncle Charlie.
Thank you
these are the most annoying ppl in the world! "mother" definitely seems like an emotionally overwrought enabler.
I never knew you could send a telegram by and pay for it...
AT&t was a good Monopoly!
telegram by?
@@jonhohensee3258 by telephone.
you can send sms to a mobile phone from a public phone these days
They put it on your phone bill if you called from home.
wow! thanks. i greatly appreciate it. you're the best. i have all ready bookmarked it and plan on watching it later tonight!
boy oh boy! was Colleen Miller ever so HOT!
Spectacular!
Merveilleux film que je regarde depuis mon pays, la Belgique.
Hitchcock's film was much better!
Definitely enjoyed the movie, thx!
Why does a woman blab all she knows to someone who is KNOWN AS as a murderer.... Kind of STUPID.
Good flick..I like this version better than the original!
Resembles the Beve's neighbourhood.
@Beyond Memory Old Movies LOL
It was so spelled out but also super tense.
Was a good "quicky" movie compared to Shadow of a Doubt which was twice as long. Suspense was lacking, maybe the background music. Main plot was almost the same without the build up. Not bad for a remake 👍🏻🤍
My wife and I got the impression that there was an incestual physical attraction betwen Joseph Cotton and Teresa Wright. For many reasons. In one scene, Teresa Wright's friend wants to fix her up with a boy and she declines so she can be with her uncle.
What made the remake so great was the fact that Bud Westmore was in charge of makeup.🤡🙄
Very good
I like this one better than the Hitchcock version.
I knew this movie looked familiar to me it's kind of a remake of an Alfred Hitchcock movie made in 1943 called Shadow of a doubt.
Me too. As soon as I realized it was basically the same film it held no surprises so I stopped watching.
Yes, that's in the synopsis/description.
This movie is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow Of A Doubt"(1943) but isn't nearly as good.
Umm... Yeah, that's in the synopsis/description.