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The Trap (1966)

The Trap poster
Directed by
Sidney Hayers
Genre
drama film, Western film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom, Canada
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
16
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rough trapper in the Canadian wilderness takes in a mute orphan girl. The two form an unlikely bond as they struggle to survive the harsh landscape.

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What happens

The Trap is a 1966 British-Canadian western adventure film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham. Shot in the wilderness of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the film is an unusual love story about a rough trapper and a mute orphan girl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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