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Tread Softly (1952)

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Tread Softly

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Director

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  • David MacDonald
    David MacDonald
    director (as David Macdonald)

Writers

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  • Gerald Verner
    Gerald Verner
    screenplay
  • Donald Ginsberg
    Donald Ginsberg
    additional dialogue &
  • Vivian Cox
    Vivian Cox
    additional dialogue
  • Gerald Verner
    Gerald Verner
    adapted from the novel: "The Show Must Go On"

Cast

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  • Frances Day in The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
    Frances Day
    Frances Day
    Madeleine Peters
  • Patricia Dainton in The House in Marsh Road (1960)
    Patricia Dainton
    Patricia Dainton
    Tangye Ward
  • John Bentley
    John Bentley
    John Bentley
    Keith Gilbert
  • John Laurie
    John Laurie
    John Laurie
    MacDonald
  • Olaf Olsen
    Olaf Olsen
    Phillip Defoe
  • Nora Nicholson in The Saint (1962)
    Nora Nicholson
    Nora Nicholson
    Mrs. Mayne
  • Harry Locke
    Harry Locke
    Nutty Potts
  • Betty Baskcomb
    Betty Baskcomb
    Olivia Winters
  • Robert Urquhart
    Robert Urquhart
    Robert Urquhart
    Clifford Brett
  • Ronald Leigh-Hunt in The Saint (1962)
    Ronald Leigh-Hunt
    Ronald Leigh-Hunt
    Inspector Hinton
  • Michael Ward
    Michael Ward
    Alexander Mayne
  • Nelly Arno
    Nelly Arno
    Brunhilda
  • Hamilton Keene
    Hamilton Keene
  • Betty Hare
    Betty Hare
  • Colin Croft
    Colin Croft
    The Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Kenneth MacMillan
    Kenneth MacMillan
    Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Joe Phelps
    Joe Phelps
    Stagehand
    (uncredited)
  • Keith Sawbridge
    Keith Sawbridge
    Pianist
    (uncredited)
  • John Van Eyssen
    John Van Eyssen
    Madeleine's Personal Assistant
    (uncredited)
  • Anthony Verner
    Anthony Verner
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Vivian Cox
    Vivian Cox
    producer
  • Donald Ginsberg
    Donald Ginsberg
    producer

Composer

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  • Ivor Slaney
    Ivor Slaney
    composer (score by)

Cinematographer

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  • Reginald H. Wyer
    Reginald H. Wyer
    director of photography (as Reginald Wyer)

Editor

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  • Jean Barker
    Jean Barker

Art Director

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  • Stanley Adams
    Stanley Adams
    art director (as Stan Adams)

Makeup Department

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  • Jean Bear
    Jean Bear
    hairdressing
  • Philip Leakey
    Philip Leakey
    makeup artist (as Phil Leakey)

Production Manager

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  • Jack Higgs
    Jack Higgs
    production manager

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Ernest Morris
    Ernest Morris
    assistant director

Sound Department

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  • Laurie Clarkson
    Laurie Clarkson
    sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Dudley Lovell
    Dudley Lovell
    camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Hardy Amies
    Hardy Amies
    suit: Miss Frances Day's
  • Helen Kaye
    Helen Kaye
    costumes: Miss Patricia Dainton's
  • Dorothy Sinclair
    Dorothy Sinclair
    wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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  • Basil Hempseed
    Basil Hempseed
    music and lyrics by
  • John Hollingsworth
    John Hollingsworth
    musical director
  • Edward J. Mason
    Edward J. Mason
    music and lyrics by

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Shirley Barnes
    Shirley Barnes
    continuity

Additional Crew

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  • Alfred Rodriguez
    Alfred Rodriguez
    dance numbers staged by (as Alfred Rodrigues)
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