Movie Cosmos - Trapped | Movie Cosmos

Description:

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.

Top Cast >

Lloyd Bridges

As Tris Stewart

Barbara Payton

As Meg Dixon

John Hoyt

As Agent John Downey

James Todd

As Jack Sylvester

Russ Conway

As Chief Agent Gunby

Robert Karnes

As Agent Fred Foreman

Jay C. Flippen

As Bartender (uncredited)

Lucille Barkley

As Betty Mason (uncredited)

Tommy Noonan

As Bank Teller (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

As Mr. Baker (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

As Agent Charles (uncredited)

Frank Sully

As Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

Harry Antrim

As Warden (uncredited)

George Barrows

As Federal Agent (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

As Federal Agent (uncredited)

Lennie Burton

As Lawyer (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

As Agent in Pursuit Car (uncredited)

Robert Carson

As Bill Mason (uncredited)

Stephen Chase

As Secret Service Chief (uncredited)

Ken Christy

As Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

Bert Conway

As Mack Mantz (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Damler

As Policeman Mechanic (uncredited)

Alexis Davidoff

As Waiter (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

As Federal Agent (uncredited)

Kay Garrett

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Graham

As Patrol Car Cop Outside Nightclub (uncredited)

Bruce Hamilton

As Allan (uncredited)

Joe Haworth

As Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Sid Kane

As Henchman (uncredited)

Lyle Latell

As Agent Curry (uncredited)

Jack Low

As Sylvester's Henchman (uncredited)

Renny McEvoy

As Bus Driver (uncredited)

Harold Miller

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Perry

As Bank Customer (uncredited)

Charles Regan

As Chambers (uncredited)

Jack Reynolds

As Agent Brill (uncredited)

Ruth Robinson

As Mrs. Flaherty (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

As Sam Hooker (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

As Detective Lieutenant (uncredited)

Mack Williams

As Agent Raymond (uncredited)

William Woodson

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Richard Fleischer

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Try as I might, I am afraid that I just cannot take to Lloyd Bridges. His boyish good looks and finely coiffured hairstyle try, and try quite hard, but can't really make up for the fact that he just can't really act! This time around he is "Tris", a convicted counterfeiter who is recruited by the US Secret Service to help them get to the bottom of a ring that is flooding the place with dodgy bills. Eventually agreeing to help them, he escapes their supervision and rejoins his girlfriend Barbara Peyton ("Meg") and his old gang where he proposes a new, lucrative, scheme. John Hoyt is quite effective as the double-dealing "Downey" and Richard Fleischer keeps the first half hour or so quite suspenseful, but for some reason the thing just rapidly falls away as we head to a pretty flat denouement in an eerily lit trolley-bus hangar. Ultimately, it's an adequate crime noir, but the characterisations lack depth and I found the whole thing rather unremarkable.

2022-07-09