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The Steel Trap

The Steel Trap

1952 · 85 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (24 votes)
Dir. Andrew L. Stone · Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Eddie Marr, Carleton Young · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

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

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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.

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A suffocating, nail-biting cat-and-mouse game unfolds within the confines of a bank vault. Every ticking second amplifies the mounting dread and desperation of a man trapped by his own greed.

tenseclaustrophobicdesperategrittysteadyfilm noirb movieneo-noirgreedconfinementdesperation
bank managerbank robberpassportfilm noirfugitiveb moviebank vaultsuitcase full of moneytemptationstealing moneybank heistextraditioncrisis of conscienceliving in exilepersonal narrativemonotonous lifeair travel
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