Pitfall

Aug 11, 1948

1h 26m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Regal Films

United Artists

Pitfall Trailers

Cast

John Forbes

Dick Powell

Mona Stevens

Lizabeth Scott

Sue Forbes

Jane Wyatt

MacDonald

Raymond Burr

District Attorney

John Litel

Bill Smiley

Byron Barr

Tommy Forbes

Jimmy Hunt

Maggie

Ann Doran

Ed Brawley

Selmer Jackson

Terry

Margaret Wells

Desk Sergeant

Dick Wessel

Prison Visitor (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

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