Trapped
When a killer dreams of millions... and a girl to spend them on!
1949 | 78m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Earl Felton, George Zuckerman |
| Staring: |
| Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 27, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
| Writer: | Earl Felton, George Zuckerman |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | film noir, counterfeit, treasury department, b movie, black and white |
| Production Companies | Eagle-Lion Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Bridges | Tris Stewart |
| Barbara Payton | Meg Dixon |
| John Hoyt | Agent John Downey |
| James Todd | Jack Sylvester |
| Russ Conway | Chief Agent Gunby |
| Robert Karnes | Agent Fred Foreman |
| Jay C. Flippen | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Lucille Barkley | Betty Mason (uncredited) |
| Tommy Noonan | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Dick Gordon | Mr. Baker (uncredited) |
| Rory Mallinson | Agent Charles (uncredited) |
| Frank Sully | Sam the Bartender (uncredited) |
| Harry Antrim | Warden (uncredited) |
| George Barrows | Federal Agent (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Federal Agent (uncredited) |
| Lennie Burton | Lawyer (uncredited) |
| Steve Carruthers | Agent in Pursuit Car (uncredited) |
| Robert Carson | Bill Mason (uncredited) |
| Stephen Chase | Secret Service Chief (uncredited) |
| Ken Christy | Deputy Marshal (uncredited) |
| Bert Conway | Mack Mantz (uncredited) |
| Clancy Cooper | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Oliver Cross | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| John Damler | Policeman Mechanic (uncredited) |
| Alexis Davidoff | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Sayre Dearing | Federal Agent (uncredited) |
| Kay Garrett | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Joe Gilbert | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Fred Graham | Patrol Car Cop Outside Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Bruce Hamilton | Allan (uncredited) |
| Joe Haworth | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| Sid Kane | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Lyle Latell | Agent Curry (uncredited) |
| Jack Low | Sylvester's Henchman (uncredited) |
| Renny McEvoy | Bus Driver (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Hans Moebus | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Jack Perry | Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| Charles Regan | Chambers (uncredited) |
| Jack Reynolds | Agent Brill (uncredited) |
| Ruth Robinson | Mrs. Flaherty (uncredited) |
| Douglas Spencer | Sam Hooker (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Detective Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Mack Williams | Agent Raymond (uncredited) |
| William Woodson | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Fred Graham | Stunts |
| Earl Felton | Original Story, Screenplay |
| George Zuckerman | Original Story, Screenplay |
| Sol Kaplan | Original Music Composer |
| Guy Roe | Director of Photography |
| Frank Durlauf | Art Direction |
| Alfred DeGaetano | Editor |
| Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Roy Seawright | Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Ern Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Irving Friedman | Music Director |
| Bert C. Brown | Technical Advisor |
| Edith Westmore | Hairstylist |
| D.J. Myers | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bryan Foy | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
|---|
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Trending Position
Try as I might, I am afraid that I just cannot take to Lloyd Bridges. His boyish good looks and finely coiffured hairstyle try, and try quite hard, but can't really make up for the fact that he just can't really act! This time around he is "Tris", a convicted counterfeiter who is recruited by the US ... Secret Service to help them get to the bottom of a ring that is flooding the place with dodgy bills. Eventually agreeing to help them, he escapes their supervision and rejoins his girlfriend Barbara Peyton ("Meg") and his old gang where he proposes a new, lucrative, scheme. John Hoyt is quite effective as the double-dealing "Downey" and Richard Fleischer keeps the first half hour or so quite suspenseful, but for some reason the thing just rapidly falls away as we head to a pretty flat denouement in an eerily lit trolley-bus hangar. Ultimately, it's an adequate crime noir, but the characterisations lack depth and I found the whole thing rather unremarkable.