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Man-Trap (1961)

Man-Trap poster
Directed by
Edmond O'Brien
Genre
drama film, heist film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Korean War veteran gets drawn into a plot to steal millions from a dictator. He works with a slick friend but things get complicated.

tensegrittynoir-ishsuspensefulbleakdeliberateurbanmoody

What happens

Man-Trap is a 1961 American neo-noir film about a Korean War veteran who becomes involved in a scheme to steal $3.5 million from a Central American dictator. The film was directed by Edmond O'Brien and stars Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen and Stella Stevens. The plot is based on the novel Soft Touch by John D. MacDonald, which had previously been serialised in Cosmopolitan magazine in March 1958 as "Taint of the Tiger". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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