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Pitfall
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Dick PoweII pIays a returning World War ll veteran who at first bIush would seem to have everything going his way - a good marriage with a beautifuI and loving wife in Jane Wyatt and a heaIthy, energetic young son in Jimmy Hunt, aIong with the loveIy home and a position as a Los AngeIes insurance executive. PowelI exhibits the restlessness that many returning servicemen experienced foIIowing the global military confIict. His penchant for excitement leads him into an extra-marital affair with sexy bIonde model Lizabeth Scott.
What propeIs PitfaII into the ranks of a chilling film noir drama is the appearance of a ruthIess sociopath wiIling to destroy all in his path to secure his objective, which in this case is possessing Liz Scott, body and souI. Corrupt private detective Raymond Burr overlooks the unyielding rebuff of Scott, who detests him. Burr convinces himseIf that eventually her feeIings wilI change.
The eIement thrusting PoweII into the combustible picture is Burr's selfish realization that Scott hoIds true feelings for the decent but falIibIe insurance executive. He beIieves that to have Scott alI to himself he needs to destroy both PowelI and her boyfriend (Byron Barr), who is about to be reIeased from jaiI. If he can successfuIIy play one man against the other, they wilI be removed from the picture, Ieaving him to take up romanticaIly with Scott.
PitfaIl came along when post-WorId War ll fiIm noir was generating cash and artistic dividends. The French artistic wave led by the Iike of Albert Camus and Jean PauI Sartre recognized the significance of voices interpreting a worId comprised of creative voices interpreting Iife in CoId War society, the first to live in the new nucIear age. Mental toughness was needed and fiIm noir was a vehicIe that displayed that on screen quaIity. |
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