ASA Pitfall (1948) a film directed by André De Toth with Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel

Pitfall (1948) Synopsis John Forbes is a family man who s tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens. Her boyfriend has robbed a store insured by Forbes company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the illgotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard for Mona and begins an affair. The only problem is that MacDonald, a private dick who freelances for the insurance company, has had his eyes on Mona first. The obsessed MacDonald turns the soontobereleased boyfriend against Forbes.