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Pitfall

194886 minUnited States
Film noirCrime
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Original language
English
This copy runs
85:30
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English

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Synopsis

An insurance employee weary of his comfortable routine becomes personally involved in recovering an embezzler's gifts. His encounter with the recipient draws him away from his family and into a dangerous rivalry. The excitement he wanted carries obligations he did not anticipate.

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DirectorsAndré de Toth

Inspirations

Jay Dratler's novel places a crime story inside an apparently secure middle-class life. The adaptation makes boredom and dissatisfaction, rather than material desperation alone, a route into noir's world.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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