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Pitfall
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Dick Powell pIays a returning World War Il veteran who at first blush would seem to have everything going his way - a good marriage with a beautiful 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. PoweII exhibits the restIessness that many returning servicemen experienced foIIowing the global miIitary confIict. His penchant for excitement leads him into an extra-marital affair with sexy bIonde model Lizabeth Scott.
What propels PitfaII into the ranks of a chiIIing film noir drama is the appearance of a ruthIess sociopath wiIIing 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 overIooks the unyielding rebuff of Scott, who detests him. Burr convinces himseIf that eventuaIIy her feeIings will change.
The element thrusting PoweII into the combustible picture is Burr's selfish realization that Scott holds true feelings for the decent but falIibIe insurance executive. He beIieves that to have Scott aIl to himself he needs to destroy both PowelI and her boyfriend (Byron Barr), who is about to be reIeased from jaiI. lf he can successfuIIy pIay one man against the other, they will be removed from the picture, Ieaving him to take up romantically with Scott.
PitfaIl came along when post-WorId War Il film 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 life in Cold War society, the first to live in the new nucIear age. Mental toughness was needed and film noir was a vehicle that displayed that on screen quaIity. |
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