Man-Trap
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Edmond O'brien
Jeffrey Hunter
David Janssen
Stella Stevens
Elaine Devry
Arthur Batanides
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Korean War veteran Matt Jameson works in Los Angeles as an engineer for his father-in-law, E. J. Malden. His marriage to loose-moraled, alcoholic Nina is disintegrating, and there is a growing feeling of affection between himself and Malden's secretary, Liz. One day he is visited by Vince Biskay, a Marine buddy whose life Matt saved during the war. To repay Matt, Vince offers him half the reward for help in the recovery of $3.5 million stolen by enemies of a Central American dictator. When the money arrives at a San Francisco airport, they manage to make off with it, but Vince is seriously wounded in a gun battle with some Latin thugs. Going to Matt's house they hold out there until Vince recovers. Nina makes advances toward Vince; and when Matt learns that Vince has no intention of returning any of the money, he forces him to take it and get out. A short time later, the drunken Nina falls to her death from a second-story balcony during an angry encounter with Ruth, her maid. Matt finds the body, panics, and buries it in cement. Returning home, he is beaten up by the Latin thugs. The fight reopens a head injury Matt suffered in the war, and he loses his memory; but after Vince is killed in an automobile crash in Mexico and the money is found in his car, Matt gradually recalls the whole story. Nina's accidental death is verified by Ruth and Liz, and Matt is at last free to begin a new life with Liz.
Director
Edmond O'brien
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter
David Janssen
Stella Stevens
Elaine Devry
Arthur Batanides
Perry Lopez
Bernard Fein
Virginia Gregg
Mike Vandever
Hugh Sanders
Tol Avery
Bob Crane
Dorothy Green
Frank Albertson
Crew
Joseph Behm
Stanley Frazen
Loyal Griggs
Edith Head
Jack Lippiatt
Phil Mitchell
Edmond O'brien
Al Roelofs
Tom Shaw
Leith Stevens
Ed Waters
Sam E. Waxman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in California. Pre-release titles: Deadlock and Restless.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall September 1961
Released in United States Fall September 1961
