The Steel Trap

The Steel Trap

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1952-11-12
Duration:85 min
Director:Andrew L. Stone
Actors:Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Eddie Marr
Production:Thor Productions, 20th Century Fox

Overview:

Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.

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