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Pitfall (1948)  link to Pitfall on IMDb  

Number: 3179

poster Pitfall

IMDb Rating:
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7.2/10 (2451 votes)

Country: USA, 86 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir

Director(s): André De Toth

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
John Forbes is a family man who's jaded with his life, routine and job as an insurance adjuster. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens whose boyfriend has embezzled from a store insured by Forbes' company and showered her with gifts. Forbes finds Mona through MacDonald, a private detective, who freelances for the insurance company. Forbes goes to collect the ill-gotten gifts with the boyfriend in jail and Forbes falls hard for Mona and begins an affair. The problem is that MacDonald has had his eyes on Mona first and is obsessed with her. MacDonald decides to use the soon-to-be-released boyfriend to deal with Forbes and clear the field for himself.

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Cast:

photo Dick Powell Dick Powell John Forbes
photo Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott Mona Stevens
photo Jane Wyatt Jane Wyatt Sue Forbes
photo Raymond Burr Raymond Burr J.B. MacDonald
photo John Litel John Litel District Attorney

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3