1946
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English. Trapped is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, and John Hoyt. It was written by George Zuckerman and Earl Felton. [1] Like many semidocumentaries, the film begins with a voice over footage of the treasury department, telling the story of what the department does.
Trapped: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd. 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.
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- Richard Fleischer
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Trapped is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, and John Hoyt. It was written by George Zuckerman and Earl Felton.
Trapped (1949), a semi-documentary crime thriller film noir story, weaves a narrative tapestry that echoes the shadows of film noir, with intriguing parallels and deviations from its genre counterparts. Directed by Richard Fleischer, the film thrusts counterfeiters against Secret Service agents, a thematic echo of the acclaimed semi-doc T-Men ...
Trapped (1949) Poverty Row studio Eagle-Lion Films was eager to follow up the success of T-Men (1947), a film noir directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dennis O'Keefe, with a similar project. Like T-Men, Trapped (1949) pits the United States Department of the Treasury against counterfeiters whose crime poses a great threat to the American economy.
- Richard Fleischer, Emmett Emerson
- Lloyd Bridges
Trapped (1949) Trapped (1949) Trapped (1949) Trapped (1949) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis When the Feds spot high-grade counterfeit cash, they seek the help of convict Tris Stewart (Lloyd ...
- Crime, Drama
Trapped (1949) As of 2019, the latest Film Noir Foundation -funded restoration project was Trapped (1949). A film noir and semidocumentary directed by Richard Fleischer, the film portrays the story of the U.S. Treasury Department working to end a counterfeiting ring. The film stars Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, and John Hoyt, with the story ...
