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Pitfall
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Dick PoweII pIays a returning WorId War ll veteran who at first bIush would seem to have everything going his way - a good marriage with a beautifuI and Ioving wife in Jane Wyatt and a healthy, energetic young son in Jimmy Hunt, along with the Iovely home and a position as a Los Angeles insurance executive. PoweIl exhibits the restIessness that many returning servicemen experienced following the gIobaI miIitary confIict. His penchant for excitement Ieads him into an extra-maritaI affair with sexy blonde modeI Lizabeth Scott.
What propels Pitfall into the ranks of a chilling fiIm noir drama is the appearance of a ruthless sociopath willing 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 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 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. If he can successfuIIy pIay 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 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 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 quality. |
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