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Rating: 5.9/10 by 25 users

Trapped (1949)

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.

Directing:
  • Richard Fleischer
  • Emmett Emerson
Writing:
  • Earl Felton
  • Earl Felton
  • George Zuckerman
  • George Zuckerman
Stars:
Release Date: Tue, Sep 27, 1949

Rating: 5.9/10 by 25 users

Alternative Title:
Le traquenard - FR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: film noir, counterfeit, treasury department, b movie, black and white

Lloyd Bridges
Tris Stewart
John Hoyt
Agent John Downey
James Todd
Jack Sylvester
Russ Conway
Chief Agent Gunby
Robert Karnes
Agent Fred Foreman
Jay C. Flippen
Bartender (uncredited)
Lucille Barkley
Betty Mason (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Mr. Baker (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Agent Charles (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
Warden (uncredited)
George Barrows
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Lennie Burton
Lawyer (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Agent in Pursuit Car (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Bill Mason (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
Secret Service Chief (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Bert Conway
Mack Mantz (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John Damler
Policeman Mechanic (uncredited)
Alexis Davidoff
Waiter (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Patrol Car Cop Outside Nightclub (uncredited)
Bruce Hamilton
Allan (uncredited)
Joe Haworth
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Sid Kane
Henchman (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Agent Curry (uncredited)
Jack Low
Sylvester's Henchman (uncredited)
Renny McEvoy
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Bank Customer (uncredited)
Charles Regan
Chambers (uncredited)
Jack Reynolds
Agent Brill (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson
Mrs. Flaherty (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Sam Hooker (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Detective Lieutenant (uncredited)
Mack Williams
Agent Raymond (uncredited)
William Woodson
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

Try as I might, I am afraid that I just cannot take to Lloyd Bridges. His boyish good looks and finely coiffured hairstyle try, and try quite hard, but can't really make up for the fact that he just can't really act! This time around he is "Tris", a convicted counterfeiter who is recruited by the US Secret Service to help them get to the bottom of a ring that is flooding the place with dodgy bills. Eventually agreeing to help them, he escapes their supervision and rejoins his girlfriend Barbara Peyton ("Meg") and his old gang where he proposes a new, lucrative, scheme. John Hoyt is quite effective as the double-dealing "Downey" and Richard Fleischer keeps the first half hour or so quite suspenseful, but for some reason the thing just rapidly falls away as we head to a pretty flat denouement in an eerily lit trolley-bus hangar. Ultimately, it's an adequate crime noir, but the characterisations lack depth and I found the whole thing rather unremarkable.


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