Walk Softly, Stranger

A strange lie! A strange love!

Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.

Drama Crime Romance

Joseph Cotten

(Chris Hale/Steve)

Alida Valli

(Elaine Corelli)

Spring Byington

(Mrs. Brentman)

Paul Stewart

Jack Paar

Jeff Donnell

John McIntire

Howard Petrie

Frank Puglia

Esther Dale

(Miss Thompson)

Marlo Dwyer

Robert Ellis

Dick Ryan

(Poker Player (uncredited))

Syd Saylor

(Poker Player (uncredited))

Barbara Woodell

(Secretary (uncredited))

Johnny Duncan

(Office Messenger (uncredited))

Kit Guard

(Worker (uncredited))

Jimmie Horan

(Worker (uncredited))

Jack Perry

(Worker in Pay Line (uncredited))

Frank Clarke

(Plane Pilot (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Jake - Poker Player (uncredited))

Joe Gilbert

(Gambler (uncredited))

Bert LeBaron

(Gambler (uncredited))

George Barrows

(Man at Bar (uncredited))

Ruth Brady

(Tobacco Clerk (uncredited))

Wheaton Chambers

(Tobacco Clerk (uncredited))

Charles Sherlock

(Bowen Employee (uncredited))

Joel Fluellen

(Florist (uncredited))

James Conaty

(New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(New Year's Celebrant (uncredited))

Florence Wix

(New Year's Celebrant (uncredited))

Art Dupuis

(Bowen's Henchman (uncredited))

John Merton

(Bowen's Henchman (uncredited))

Jack Shea

(Policeman (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Policeman (uncredited))

Mel Wixon

(Policeman (uncredited))

Perc Launders

(Detective Taking Chris to Prison (uncredited))

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Custodian on Stairway (uncredited))

John Miljan

(Old Man (uncredited))

Lillian Nicholson

(Minor Role (uncredited))