Pitfall (1948)

  • NR
  • 08/11/1948 (US)
  • Drama, Crime
  • 1h 26m

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.

André de Toth

Director, Screenplay

Jay Dratler

Novel

Karl Kamb

Screenplay

William Bowers

Screenplay

Cast

Dick Powell's headshot

Dick Powell

John Forbes
Lizabeth Scott's headshot

Lizabeth Scott

Mona Stevens
Jane Wyatt's headshot

Jane Wyatt

Sue Forbes
Raymond Burr's headshot

Raymond Burr

MacDonald
John Litel's headshot

John Litel

District Attorney
Byron Barr's headshot

Byron Barr

Bill Smiley
Jimmy Hunt's headshot

Jimmy Hunt

Tommy Forbes
Ann Doran's headshot

Ann Doran

Maggie

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