Tread Softly is a 1952 British second feature ('B')[3] crime film with musical overtones, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley.

"[6] Kine Weekly wrote: "The crime theme is untidy, but the song and dance asides, although equally unprofessional, account for a few bright and engaging moments.

...The picture, a sort of poor man's Murder at the Windmill, has a promising central idea, but uneven acting ... and indifferent direction soon take the edge off it.

Attempts to create essential macabre atmosphere are offset by bizarre dance ensembles, featuring some appalling 'cissies', and more damage is done by shoddy camera work.

American Frances Day, a bubbly singer/comedian in Britain from the 1920s, was fading fast by the time she made this senseless feature about a company of actors trying to stage a revue in a haunted theatre.