Pitfall

August. 11,1948      NR
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Dick Wessel as  Desk Sergeant

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