Pitfall

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.

Cast

Dick Powell

as John Forbes

Lizabeth Scott

as Mona Stevens

Jane Wyatt

as Sue Forbes

Raymond Burr

as MacDonald

John Litel

as District Attorney

Byron Barr

as Bill Smiley

Jimmy Hunt

as Tommy Forbes

Ann Doran

as Maggie

Selmer Jackson

as Ed Brawley

Margaret Wells

as Terry

Reviews

John Chard

In a rut and it's six feet deep. Pitfall is directed by Andre De Toth and adapted to screenplay by Karl Kamb and William Bowers from the novel written by Jay Dratler. It stars Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt and Raymond Burr. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by Harry Wild. M...

CinemaSerf

So, first there’s insurance man “Forbes” (Dick Powell) who occasionally hires private investigator “Mac” (Raymond Burr) when he needs some prying done. It’s this latter fellow who discovers that “Mona” (Lizabeth Scott) has received a load of gifts from her now incarcerated boyfriend “Bill” (Byron Ba...

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