Pitfall

Pitfall

A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!

1948•1h 26m•6.8/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(86)

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.

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Production

Regal Films, United Artists

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

John Forbes

Lizabeth Scott

Lizabeth Scott

Mona Stevens

Jane Wyatt

Jane Wyatt

Sue Forbes

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr

MacDonald

John Litel

John Litel

District Attorney

Byron Barr

Byron Barr

Bill Smiley

Jimmy Hunt

Jimmy Hunt

Tommy Forbes

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Maggie

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Ed Brawley

Margaret Wells

Terry

Dick Wessel

Dick Wessel

Desk Sergeant

Eddie Borden

Eddie Borden

Prison Visitor (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Fashion Show Attendee

Ben Erway

Doctor

Don Haggerty

Don Haggerty

District Attorney's Man

Sam Harris

Man in Diner

Thomas Martin

Bartender

David McMahon

David McMahon

Police Lieutenant

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sherlock

Elevator Passenger

Cap Somers

Cap Somers

Prisoner

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