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Rating: 6 stars

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noir city counterfeiters Los Angeles

All movies seen on 09/14/2019

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Trapped (1949)

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Film Noir | Crime

Overview

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.

Length 78 minutes

Actors

Lloyd Bridges | Barbara Payton | John Hoyt | James Todd | Russ Conway | Robert Karnes | Jay C. Flippen | Lucille Barkley | Tommy Noonan | Dick Gordon | Rory Mallinson | Frank Sully | Harry Antrim | George Barrows | Ralph Brooks | Lennie Burton | Steve Carruthers | Robert Carson | Alden 'Stephen' Chase | Ken Christy | Bert Conway | Clancy Cooper | Oliver Cross | John Damler | Alexis Davidoff | Sayre Dearing | Kay Garrett | Joe Gilbert | Fred Graham | Bruce Hamilton | Joe Haworth | Sid Kane | Lyle Latell | Jack Low | Renny McEvoy | Harold Miller | Hans Moebus | Jack Perry | Charles Regan | Jack Reynolds | Ruth Robinson | Douglas Spencer | Brick Sullivan | Mack Williams | William Woodson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

So this was the first film in a double feature at Noir City last weekend that featured two films I had not seen before. I had thought about going to MBT to catch the double but once I found the DVD for both films at my library I decided to save the $15 and trip.

Good decision. On one hand, it would be cool to see this early Lloyd Bridges flick in 35mm b/c the transfer on this Film Noir Set is terrible. Still watchable but I’m sure the 35mm print was nice. On the other hand, this isn’t such a great movie so I’m not regretting having to miss it in theater.

It features Bridges as a released felon who may help the Feds bust a counterfeit ring but he has his own plans. He’s fun to watch but when the story removes him the movie goes flat.

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