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Pitfall

Pitfall

1948
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
1h 26m
John Forbes is a family man who's tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens... (imdb)
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Pitfall

1948
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
1h 26m
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Avg Percentile 56% from 104 total ratings

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Rated 25 Apr 2011
74
50th
Subdued noir lacks stylization but sticks with you. Although short on snappy dialogue and snazzy photography, the themes of modern ennui are strong. At times it seems like De Toth is setting up a cautionary fable about straying too far from the suburban nuclear family, but by the ending there's some room for ambiguity. You can't complain about Dick Powell or Lizabeth Scott, and you sure as hell can't complain about Raymond Burr, menacing and creepy as ever. The score, however, is a mixed bag.
Rated 23 Nov 2011
74
40th
Pitfall is not a film that believes in subtlety, or complexity for that matter. The opening scene, with a great sourpuss performance from Dick Powell, lays it all out. Suburban boredom and the realization that routine is all he has leads him to take some risks whose effects resonate throughout the film. It explores its theme quite well but does so at the expense of an interesting narrative. The ideas and performances are enough to hold it together, but the experience is a bit lacking.
Rated 07 Feb 2015
68
41st
Em honra de Lizabeth Scott.
Rated 20 Jan 2017
47
44th
Great performances by Lizabeth Scott and Jane Wyatt help elevate this one. Powell on the other hand is just a clammy lump and Burr is better but still outshone by his ridiculous oversized suit (inspiration for David Byrne?). There's just not enough intensity to properly serve the story. Scott is alluring to be sure, but her would-be suitors seem drawn to her compulsively simply because she's the designated femme fatale.
Rated 25 Feb 2016
9
42nd
Star Rating: ★★★
Rated 21 Nov 2013
60
51st
Always more of a foregone conclusion than anything, everyone ends up miserable and alone. Burr is a monster here, and quite an effective one too. Otherwise pretty humdrum.
Rated 19 Mar 2013
58
10th
A good performance by Raymond Burr does not do much to save a film that was very slow paced and not all that interesting to watch.
Rated 30 Apr 2018
54
49th
Poor, long-suffering Lizabeth Scott... she just can't catch a break. Dick Powell is good in a role so ineptly-written as to be almost unplayable. Actually, the whole movie suffers from slipshod writing. But it's great fun to watch nice-guy Perry Mason play a psycho stalker with a sadistic streak. Jane Wyatt is also excellent in a fairly thankless role.
Rated 16 Aug 2019
77
69th
Work sucks, I know
Rated 01 Oct 2021
70
96th
Dick Powell & Lizabeth Scott starring in a rather casual adultery thriller with a violent touch at the hands for the future Perry Mason - Raymond Burr. The mood of this thing feels natural. Doesn't exaggerate for the sake of doing something spectacular, and that becomes the attraction of this Pitfall (1948). I really loved Powell here.

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