# Pitfall

Title: Pitfall Summary: Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result. Directed by: André De Toth Actors: Directed by André De Toth. With Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt Production Company: Regal Films Release Date: 24 August 1948 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 John Forbes is a family man who's jaded with his life, routine and job as an insurance adjuster. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens whose boyfriend has embezzled from a store insured by Forbes' company and showered her with gifts. Forbes finds Mona through MacDonald, a private detective, who freelances for the insurance company. Forbes goes to collect the ill-gotten gifts with the boyfriend in jail and Forbes falls hard for Mona and begins an affair. The problem is that MacDonald has had his eyes on Mona first and is obsessed with her. MacDonald decides to use the soon-to-be-released boyfriend to deal with Forbes and clear the field for himself.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1948
- Runtime: 1 h 26 min
- By: Regal Films
- Genres: Crime, Film noir
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Pitfalls3648)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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