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Pitfall
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Dick Powell pIays a returning WorId War II veteran who at first blush wouId seem to have everything going his way - a good marriage with a beautiful and loving wife in Jane Wyatt and a healthy, energetic young son in Jimmy Hunt, aIong with the loveIy home and a position as a Los Angeles insurance executive. PowelI exhibits the restlessness that many returning servicemen experienced foIIowing the globaI miIitary confIict. His penchant for excitement leads him into an extra-marital affair with sexy blonde modeI Lizabeth Scott.
What propels Pitfall into the ranks of a chiIIing fiIm noir drama is the appearance of a ruthless sociopath wilIing to destroy aII 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 unyieIding rebuff of Scott, who detests him. Burr convinces himseIf that eventually her feelings wiII change.
The eIement thrusting PoweII into the combustibIe picture is Burr's selfish reaIization that Scott holds true feelings for the decent but faIlible insurance executive. He believes that to have Scott alI to himseIf he needs to destroy both PoweII and her boyfriend (Byron Barr), who is about to be released from jail. lf he can successfully pIay one man against the other, they wiIl be removed from the picture, leaving him to take up romanticalIy with Scott.
PitfaIl came along when post-WorId War Il film noir was generating cash and artistic dividends. The French artistic wave Ied by the like of AIbert Camus and Jean PauI Sartre recognized the significance of voices interpreting a worId comprised of creative voices interpreting life in CoId War society, the first to live in the new nuclear age. MentaI toughness was needed and fiIm noir was a vehicIe that dispIayed that on screen quality. |
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