Drama ·Crime ·Thriller · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 25m

The Steel Trap

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Director
Andrew L. Stone
Cast
Joseph Cotten as Jim Osborne Teresa Wright as Laurie Osborne Jonathan Hale as Tom Bowers Walter Sande as Customs Inspector Eddie Marr as Ken Woodley Carleton Young as Briggs, airline clerk
Crew
Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography Otto Ludwig — Editor Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer Andrew L. Stone — Screenplay Bert E. Friedlob — Producer
Tagline

For the Love of a Woman, He Stole $1,000,000!

Synopsis

Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.

Mood & Themes
bank managerbank robberpassportfilm noirfugitiveb moviebank vaultsuitcase full of moneytemptationstealing moneybank heistextradition
Key Collaborators
Andrew L. Stone Director Ernest Laszlo Director of Photography Otto Ludwig Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Andrew L. Stone Screenplay Bert E. Friedlob Producer
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