Pitfall (1948)

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A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!

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.

• Released: 1948-08-11
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Runtime: 1h 26m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 90 votes

Directed by André de Toth.

Top cast

• Dick Powell as John Forbes
• Lizabeth Scott as Mona Stevens
• Jane Wyatt as Sue Forbes
• Raymond Burr as MacDonald
• John Litel as District Attorney
• Byron Barr as Bill Smiley
• Jimmy Hunt as Tommy Forbes
• Ann Doran as Maggie
• Selmer Jackson as Ed Brawley
• Margaret Wells as Terry

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Pitfall

• United States: watch free on Hoopla, Fawesome, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: watch free on Hoopla
• Australia: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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• Double Indemnity (1944)
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• Each Dawn I Die (1939)
• Plunder Road (1957)
• Private Hell 36 (1954)
• The Big Combo (1955)
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