A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!
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.
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel, Byron Barr, Jimmy Hunt, Ann Doran
John Chard - 7/10
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. Married insurance adjuster John Forbes (Powell) falls for femme fatale model Mona Stevens (Scott) whi...
May 19, 2019
CinemaSerf - 7/10
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 Barr) and so he sets off to reclaim their property. When he arrives, though, he takes quite a shine to...
March 12, 2025
A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!
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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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.
1h 26m
August 11, 1948
André de Toth
Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt
Drama, Crime
NR
