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7.2/10   214 votes
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Director:
André De Toth
Writers:
Jay Dratler (novel)
Karl Kamb (writer)
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Release Date:
24 August 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Film-Noir more
Tagline:
A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him! more
Plot:
John Forbes is a family man who's tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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

Byron Barr ... Bill Smiley
Jimmy Hunt ... Tommy Forbes
Ann Doran ... Maggie
Selmer Jackson ... Ed Brawley
Margaret Wells ... Terry
Dick Wessel ... Desk Sergeant
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Regal Films more

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Dick Powell's Fine Noir Edge Hits Mark, 29 October 2002
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Author: sobaok (sobaok@msn.com) from Forestville, Ca

I am always amazed at Dick Powell's transition from bouyant singing star into the shadows and uncertainties of noir classics. He's absolutely delightful in the former -- and gives joy and heart to the songs he's given. Confident, good-looking, he seems to be laughing at life. In PITFALL -- it's as if his bubble has been burst -- the "perfect" home, job, family and friends have become simply routine in his mind. By venturing into the world of beautiful loser (as far as men are concerned) Lizbeth Scott -- Powell's wanderlust is satisfied only to find he's opened a "can of worms". Powell, Wyatt, Scott and Raymond Burr are effective and believable -- and the film is paced, photographed, and scripted with intelligence -- so that the viewer easily goes along for the ride. Powell's talent as an actor is underscored here. As his outlook on things changes he redefines "what he's had all along" with an underplayed, yet genuinely felt appreciation. Burr is especially chilling as the obsessed detective sent to get the goods on Lizbeth Scott. Kudos to de Toth.

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