Trapped (1949)

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writers:

Earl Felton (story) &
George Zuckerman (story)

Release Date:

1 October 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Film-Noir

Tagline:

When a Killer Dreams of Millions... and a girl to spend them on!

Plot:

U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters. |

Plot Keywords:

Treasury Department | Beautiful Woman | Counterfeit | Streetcar | Trolley

Cast

Lloyd Bridges	...	Tris Stewart
Barbara Payton	...	Meg Dixon
John Hoyt	...	Agent John Downey
James Todd	...	Jack Sylvester
Russ Conway	...	Chief Agent Gunby
Robert Karnes	...	Agent Fred Foreman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Graham	...	Cop Outside Nightclub (unconfirmed)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Contemporary Productions

Trivia:

In the first scene at the hotel, the telephone rings to the tune of "Pennsylvania 6-5000", with Fejos (Michael Richards) answering the line as "Transylvania 6-5-0-0-0" to the beat of the tune.

Spare, Rough Eagle-Lion Noir

This is a fine, dark, nasty little movie. It's very well directed by Richard Fleischer. It takes place in a scary night town version of San Francisco.

Lloyd Bridges plays a character with the unusual first name Tris. Short for Tristan, I suppose. Real-life bad-girl Barbara Payton is no Isolde. Payton is good as his romantic interest, though.

The film begins with a scene in which someone is discovered to have counterfeit money. Bridges is in prison but is tapped by the Feds to help break up the counterfeiting ring. And it takes off from there.

There are double-crosses, confused identities. The supporting cast is excellent. Crime may not pay but we have some pretty interesting criminals in this story.