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69% Critic Match
Pitfall
“A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!”
6.9 / 10• 1948• 1h 26m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dick Powell
John Forbes
Lead
Lizabeth Scott
Mona Stevens
Jane Wyatt
Sue Forbes
Raymond Burr
MacDonald
John Litel
District Attorney
Byron Barr
Bill Smiley
Jimmy Hunt
Tommy Forbes
Ann Doran
Maggie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. André de Toth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pitfall is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
