Pitfall
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. John Forbes is a family man who's jaded with…
Pitfall
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. 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. —Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu> In Los Angeles, insurance adjuster John Forbes is a family man bored with his job and routine suburban life with his wife Sue and their son Tommy. When Bill Smiley is arrested for embezzlement, Forbes hires the private investigator J.B. MacDonald to find where the money went. MacDonald discovers that Smiley spent the money on gifts for his girlfriend Mona Stevens and becomes obsessed with her. Forbes goes to Mona's apartment to collect the gifts and falls for her. Forbes does not tell Mona that he is married and they have a brief affair until Mona learns that he is married. MacDonald has been unsuccessful in his attempts to seduce Mona and is jealous of Forbes. When Smiley is near to be released, MacDonald tells him about Forbes. On the day that Smiley is discharged MacDonald gets him drunk and gives him a gun and takes him to confront Forbes at his home so he can clear the field to Mona. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pitfall
Crime,Drama,Film-Noir
Film Details
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. 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. —Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu> In Los Angeles, insurance adjuster John Forbes is a family man bored with his job and routine suburban life with his wife Sue and their son Tommy. When Bill Smiley is arrested for embezzlement, Forbes hires the private investigator J.B.
MacDonald to find where the money went. MacDonald discovers that Smiley spent the money on gifts for his girlfriend Mona Stevens and becomes obsessed with her. Forbes goes to Mona's apartment to collect the gifts and falls for her.
Forbes does not tell Mona that he is married and they have a brief affair until Mona learns that he is married. MacDonald has been unsuccessful in his attempts to seduce Mona and is jealous of Forbes. When Smiley is near to be released, MacDonald tells him about Forbes.
On the day that Smiley is discharged MacDonald gets him drunk and gives him a gun and takes him to confront Forbes at his home so he can clear the field to Mona. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.