I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a 1948 American film noir directed by William Nigh, starring Don Castle and Elyse Knox.

[1] It was based on a novella of the same name by Cornell Woolrich with a screenplay by fellow pulp writer Steve Fisher.

He anxiously awaits her return from work, who is often delayed by a generously-tipping customer she calls "Santa Claus", who turns out to be police detective Clint Judd.

Depressed and anxious, Tom impulsively throws his only pair of tap dancing shoes at howling cats outside his window.

John L. Kosloff, a former boarder at the same house, has also spent a large amount of money, which he claims he inherited from his recently deceased mother.