One False Step

One False Step

One False Step

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One False Step

2000

1h 37m

4.0(3 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

A comic feature film about an underachieving writer who sets out to write his masterpiece, but is confounded when one of its characters steps into his real life and introduces him to a life of sin and corruption.

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5 featured cast members

Starring

Jason Kartalian

Marty

Melissa Lewis

Lauren (as Melissa Marie Lewis)

Joe Seely

Joe Seely

Joe

Krikor Satamian

Krikor Satamian

Barry Barani

Jerry Corley

Andrew Scully

Creative team

Directed by: Jason Kartalian
Written by: Jason Kartalian

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