Pitfall (1948)

NR08/11/1948Drama, Crime1h 26m
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A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!

Overview

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

Top Billed Cast

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    Dick Powell

    John Forbes

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    Lizabeth Scott

    Mona Stevens

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    Jane Wyatt

    Sue Forbes

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    Raymond Burr

    MacDonald

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    John Litel

    District Attorney

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    Byron Barr

    Bill Smiley

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    Jimmy Hunt

    Tommy Forbes

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    Ann Doran

    Maggie

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    Selmer Jackson

    Ed Brawley

In a rut and it's six feet deep. Pitfall is directed by Andre De Toth and adapted to screenplay by Karl Kamb and William Bowers from the novel written by Jay Dratler. It stars Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt and Raymond Burr. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by Harry Wild. Married insurance adjuster John Forbes (Powell) falls for femme fatale model Mona Stevens (Scott) while her boyfriend (Byron Barr) is in jail. And with Private Investigator J.B. MacDonald (Burr) fiercely attracted to Mona the consequences for everyone could well be critical. The reluctant fatales!...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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