Story Line
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.
“A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!”
Top Cast
Dick Powell
John Forbes
Lizabeth Scott
Mona Stevens
Jane Wyatt
Sue Forbes
Raymond Burr
MacDonald
John Litel
District Attorney
Byron Barr
Bill Smiley
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1948-08-11
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
DramaCrime
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
7/10
•5/19/2019In 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 L...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/12/2025So, 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 fr...