Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pitfall (1948)

United Artists
Directed by Andre De Toth
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Dick Powell is bored with his predictable life of husband and insurance salesman. An investigation leads him to infidelity with pretty Lizabeth Scott. However, when she finds out about his wife, they call it off. Meanwhile, private detective Raymond Burr, obsessed with Scott, becomes insanely jealous, leading to murder. Grim depiction of the American dream, but I thought the ending was pat and the acting suspect, particularly Scott as the femme fatale. 

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