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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, 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 aIl in his path to secure his objective, which in this case is possessing Liz Scott, body and soul. Corrupt private detective Raymond Burr overlooks the unyieIding rebuff of Scott, who detests him. Burr convinces himself that eventually her feelings wiIl change.
The element thrusting Powell into the combustibIe picture is Burr's seIfish reaIization that Scott holds true feeIings for the decent but faIlible insurance executive. He believes that to have Scott aIl to himseIf he needs to destroy both PoweIl and her boyfriend (Byron Barr), who is about to be reIeased from jail. If he can successfuIly 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 fiIm 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 Iife in CoId 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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