| Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical Dolby digital rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
KL studio classics |
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KL studio classics.
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| Note |
1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Cast |
Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, Byron Barr, John Litel, Ann Doran, Jimmy Hunt, Selmer Jackson. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Harry J. Wild ; editing, Walter Thompson. |
| Note |
Based on the novel The pitfall by Jay Dratler. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948. |
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Mastered in HD from a 35mm dupe negative preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. |
| Summary |
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. Her boyfriend has robbed a store insured by Forbes' company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the ill-gotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard for Mona and begins an affair. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary with film historian Eddie Muller; trailers. |
| Subject |
Insurance agents -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Extortion -- Drama.
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Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
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Extortion. (OCoLC)fst00918984
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Insurance agents. (OCoLC)fst00974633
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film noir.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
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| Added Author |
Kamb, Karl, screenwriter.
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De Toth, André, 1912-2002, film director.
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Bischoff, Samuel, 1890-1975, film producer.
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Powell, Dick, 1904-1963, actor.
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Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015, actor.
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Wyatt, Jane, 1910-2006, actor.
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Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993, actor.
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Wild, Harry, director of photography.
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Thompson, Walter (Walter A.), editor of moving image work.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Dratler, Jay.
Pitfall.
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Regal Films, production company.
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Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
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UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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| Standard No. |
738329155322 |
| Music No. |
K1553 Kino Lorber |
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