The Deadly Trap
(1971)
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The Deadly Trap
(1971)
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Jill
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| Frank Langella | ... |
Philippe
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| Barbara Parkins | ... |
Cynthia
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Karen Blanguernon | ... |
Miss Hansen
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Raymond Gérôme | ... |
Commissaire Chameille
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Michele Lourie | ... |
Cathy
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Patrick Vincent | ... |
Patrick
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| Gérard Buhr | ... |
Le psychiatre /
Psychiatrist
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Louise Chevalier |
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Maurice Ronet | ... |
L'homme de l'organisation /
Stranger
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Tener Eckelberry |
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Massimo Farinelli |
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| Jill Larson |
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Robert Lussac |
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Franco Ressel |
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Jill is surprised and angry when her computer-genius boyfriend decides to quit his job in a big company for unclear reasons. But when her children disapear mysteriously and seem to have been kidnapped, she wants to know more, and discovers that she may be caught in a DEADLY TRAP... Written by Matthieu Navarro <navarro@club-internet.fr>
From 1959 onwards (and with the success of "purple noon" (Ripley's first version),Clement wanted to become the French Hitchcock.He followed the rules quite well with the follow-up "les félins" then everything went wrong.After casting Jane Fonda ("les félins") he hired American stars for every "thriller" he made:Bronson,Ryan,Vaughn and here Dunaway.Why American stars by the way?They were all dubbed (with the exception of Fonda)for everybody cannot be Jodie Foster for that matter.
"La maison sous les arbres" is a would be suspenseful movie with heavy pretensions:a big set-up,where poor Dunaway is caught like a fly in a cobweb :her children are kidnapped and "they "keep them in... (well,check the title;it means "the house under the trees") No cigar ,and not even close.