I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Vaudeville dancer Tom Quinn (Castle) and his wife Ann are barely getting by on her job at a dance hall. He anxiously awaits her return from work, as she is often delayed by a generously-tipping customer she calls "Santa Claus", who turns out to be a police detective (Clint Judd). Depressed and anxious, Tom impulsively throws his only shoes at howling cats outside his window, which he is unable to find even though he immediately searches for them. They mysteriously reappear outside the apartment door the next morning. A reclusive neighbor known to have a large stash of old large size currency is found murdered, and Tom's shoe prints are found at the scene. Even worse, he had found a wallet containing several thousand dollars in such bills on the street at a place he frequented, so he is quickly convicted for the crime and sentenced to death. His wife implores Judd to find the real killer and he follows several leads to no avail. Ann soon realizes that the detective had been in love with her all along, and he committed the murder and subsequently framed Tom in an attempt to win her.

• Don Castle as Tom J. Quinn
• Elyse Knox as Ann Quinn
• Regis Toomey as Inspector Clint Judd
• Charles D. Brown as Inspector Stevens
• Rory Mallinson as Harry, 1st Detective
• Robert Lowell as John L. Kosloff
• Steve Darrell as District Attorney
• Bill Kennedy as 2nd Detective
• John Doucette as a Prisoner
• Ray Teal as a Guard

• I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes at the American Film Institute Catalog.
• I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes at IMDb