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Pitfall
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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

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Cast

Dick Powell

John Forbes

Dick Powell

Lizabeth Scott

Mona Stevens

Lizabeth Scott

Jane Wyatt

Sue Forbes

Jane Wyatt

Raymond Burr

MacDonald

Raymond Burr

John Litel

District Attorney

John Litel

Byron Barr

Bill Smiley

Byron Barr

Jimmy Hunt

Tommy Forbes

Jimmy Hunt

Ann Doran

Maggie

Ann Doran

Selmer Jackson

Ed Brawley

Selmer Jackson

No Image

Terry

Margaret Wells

Dick Wessel

Desk Sergeant

Dick Wessel

Eddie Borden

Prison Visitor (uncredited)

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