The Trap
NR
6
1946
1 hr 2 min
Thriller
, Crime
, Mystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
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- Cast：
- Sidney Toler , Mantan Moreland , Victor Sen Yung , Tanis Chandler , Larry J. Blake , Kirk Alyn , Anne Nagel
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A different way of telling a story
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
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