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Man-Trap

  • 1961
  • Unrated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
231
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Man-Trap (1961)
CrimeDramaThriller

Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.

  • Director
    • Edmond O'Brien
  • Writers
    • Ed Waters
    • John D. MacDonald
  • Stars
    • Jeffrey Hunter
    • David Janssen
    • Stella Stevens
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    231
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edmond O'Brien
    • Writers
      • Ed Waters
      • John D. MacDonald
    • Stars
      • Jeffrey Hunter
      • David Janssen
      • Stella Stevens
    • 11User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Stella Stevens at an event for Man-Trap (1961)
    Stella Stevens and David Janssen in Man-Trap (1961)
    Jeffrey Hunter and Stella Stevens in Man-Trap (1961)
    Stella Stevens and David Janssen in Man-Trap (1961)
    Stella Stevens and David Janssen in Man-Trap (1961)
    Jeffrey Hunter, Stella Stevens, and David Janssen in Man-Trap (1961)

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    Jeffrey Hunter
    Jeffrey Hunter
    • Matt Jameson
    David Janssen
    David Janssen
    • Vince Biskay
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Nina Jameson
    Elaine Devry
    Elaine Devry
    • Liz Addams
    Virginia Gregg
    Virginia Gregg
    • Ruth
    Dorothy Green
    Dorothy Green
    • Vera Snavely
    Hugh Sanders
    Hugh Sanders
    • E.J. Malden
    Frank Albertson
    Frank Albertson
    • Paul Snavely
    Arthur Batanides
    Arthur Batanides
    • Cortez
    Perry Lopez
    Perry Lopez
    • Puerco
    Bernard Fein
    • Fat Man
    Tol Avery
    Tol Avery
    • Lt. Heisen
    Bob Crane
    Bob Crane
    • Ralph Turner
    Frank Bank
    • Paul Finnerty
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Brooks
    Joe Brooks
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Ann Carroll
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Darrow
    Henry Darrow
    • 1st Mexican Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmond O'Brien
    • Writers
      • Ed Waters
      • John D. MacDonald
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      Stella Stevens said during a 1994 interview that her character Nina was the total opposite of what she was. She said she was an introverted, bookish sort of person who wanted to learn to become a good writer and there she was playing a nymphomanic, which she was intrigued with. "Some of the most fun parts I've played have been nymphomanics. It was very risque at the time."

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    5/10
    loner (Jeff Hunter) is drawn into a dark, dangerous game of intrigue.
    There are a few distinctions to this film, one being that it is the only movie ever to have been directed by Edmond O'Brien, the 1940s leading man who, a decade later, put on a great deal of weight and turned into a top character actor, even winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Once was enough as a director, though, for this crime thriller appears to be an imitation of the film noirs that O'Brien starred in (most notably, D.O.A.) earlier in his career, and that genre had all but disappeared from the screen by the early 1960s, only to be revived again toward the end of the century and at the beginning of the next, via neo-noir - which even included a disastrous remake of DOA with Dennis Quaid. But I digress . . . one of the other distinctions is the re-teaming of Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen, who had worked together very well a year and a half earlier in a far better and more ambitious film, Hell to Eternity, a big scale WWII action flick. In between, Hunter had played the part of Jesus in King of Kings and, after that, he seemed desperate to do anything to try and distance himself from the image of purity he incarnated there. That included second rate 'programmers' (as studio B movies used to be called) in which, at the very least, he could remind audiences of the differing roles he was capable of playing. Hunter blew his last big chance for success, incidentally, when a few years later he listened to the lady in his life when she told him NOT to do Star Trek! Anyway, the third reason to take a look at this flick (don't go out of your way, mind you) is to catch Stella Stevens displaying her range of talents and reminding us that, in addition to a ditzy-glitzy blonde in comedy roles, she could do a femme fatale just fine. She may have third billing behind the boys, but this is her show all the way, and whenever she's on screen, sparks fly - as they do nowhere else in this minor movie.
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    • dougbrode
    • Apr 21, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Deadlock
    • Filming locations
      • Airport, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Tiger Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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