The Steel Trap
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66% Critic Match

The Steel Trap

For the Love of a Woman, He Stole $1,000,000!

6.6 / 10 1952 1h 25mNR English
DramaCrimeThriller

Storyline

Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.

Cast & Crew

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Jim Osborne

Lead
Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Laurie Osborne

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Tom Bowers

Walter Sande

Walter Sande

Customs Inspector

Eddie Marr

Eddie Marr

Ken Woodley

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Briggs, airline clerk

Katherine Warren

Katherine Warren

Mrs. Kellogg

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Valcourt, Travel Agent

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrew L. Stone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Steel Trap is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker