Pitfall(1948)
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.
Movie: Pitfall
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John Forbes
Mona Stevens
Sue Forbes
MacDonald
District Attorney
Bill Smiley
Tommy Forbes
Maggie
Ed Brawley
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