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5.8

Trapped

NR·1949·78m

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Summary

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.

Cast

Lloyd Bridges

Tris Stewart

Barbara Payton

Meg Dixon

John Hoyt

Agent John Downey

James Todd

Jack Sylvester

Russ Conway

Chief Agent Gunby

Robert Karnes

Agent Fred Foreman

Jay C. Flippen

Bartender (uncredited)

Lucille Barkley

Betty Mason (uncredited)

Tommy Noonan

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Mr. Baker (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

Agent Charles (uncredited)

Frank Sully

Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

Harry Antrim

Warden (uncredited)

George Barrows

Federal Agent (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Federal Agent (uncredited)

Lennie Burton

Lawyer (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Agent in Pursuit Car (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Bill Mason (uncredited)

Stephen Chase

Secret Service Chief (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

Bert Conway

Mack Mantz (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Damler

Policeman Mechanic (uncredited)

Alexis Davidoff

Waiter (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Federal Agent (uncredited)

Kay Garrett

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Patrol Car Cop Outside Nightclub (uncredited)

Bruce Hamilton

Allan (uncredited)

Joe Haworth

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Sid Kane

Henchman (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

Agent Curry (uncredited)

Jack Low

Sylvester's Henchman (uncredited)

Renny McEvoy

Bus Driver (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Bank Customer (uncredited)

Charles Regan

Chambers (uncredited)

Jack Reynolds

Agent Brill (uncredited)

Ruth Robinson

Mrs. Flaherty (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Sam Hooker (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Detective Lieutenant (uncredited)

Mack Williams

Agent Raymond (uncredited)

William Woodson

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Richard Fleischer

Original Story, Screenplay

Earl Felton

Original Story, Screenplay

George Zuckerman

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 9, 2022

Try as I might, I am afraid that I just cannot take to Lloyd Bridges. His boyish good looks and finely coiffured hairstyle try, and try quite hard, but can't really make up for the fact that he just can't really act! This time around he is "Tris", a convicted counterfeiter who is recruited by the US Secret Service to help them get to the bottom of a ring that is flooding the place with dodgy bills. Eventually agreeing to help them, he escapes their supervision and rejoins his girlfriend Barbara Peyton ("Meg") and his old gang where he proposes a new, lucrative, scheme. John Hoyt is quite effective as the double-dealing "Downey" and Richard Fleischer keeps the first half hour or so quite suspenseful, but for some reason the thing just rapidly falls away as we head to a pretty flat denouement in an eerily lit trolley-bus hangar. Ultimately, it's an adequate crime noir, but the characterisations lack depth and I found the whole thing rather unremarkable.