The Steel Trap
For the Love of a Woman, He Stole $1,000,000!
1952 | 85m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Andrew L. Stone |
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| Writer: | Andrew L. Stone |
| Staring: |
| Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 12, 1952 |
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| Director: | Andrew L. Stone |
| Writer: | Andrew L. Stone |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | bank manager, bank robber, passport, film noir, fugitive, b movie, bank vault, suitcase full of money, temptation, stealing money, bank heist, extradition, crisis of conscience, living in exile, personal narrative, monotonous life, air travel |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Thor Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joseph Cotten | Jim Osborne |
| Teresa Wright | Laurie Osborne |
| Jonathan Hale | Tom Bowers |
| Walter Sande | Customs Inspector |
| Eddie Marr | Ken Woodley |
| Carleton Young | Briggs, airline clerk |
| Katherine Warren | Mrs. Kellogg |
| Tom Powers | Valcourt, Travel Agent |
| Stephanie King | Susan Osborne |
| Aline Towne | Gail Woodley |
| Hugh Sanders | Mr. Greer, Passport clerk |
| Marjorie Stapp | Travel Agent |
| William Hudson | Raglin, Bank Teller #2 |
| Marjorie Bennett | Cleaning Woman (uncredited) |
| Benny Burt | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| Cosmo Sardo | Customs Inspector (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Bank Officer (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Man in Barber Chair (uncredited) |
| Charles Collins | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Airplane Passenger (uncredited) |
| Dick Crockett | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Sam Flint | Bank Teller #6 (uncredited) |
| Gil Frye | Passport Clerk (uncredited) |
| James Gonzalez | Bank Officer (uncredited) |
| Stuart Hall | Airplane Passenger (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Ed Hinton | Jack - Airplane Pilot (uncredited) |
| Freda Jones | Woman in Elevator (uncredited) |
| Romy King | Airline Stewardess (uncredited) |
| Guy Kingsford | Airline Passenger Co-ordinator (uncredited) |
| Joseph La Cava | Man Exiting Office (uncredited) |
| George Magrill | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Joel Marston | TWA Clerk (uncredited) |
| Kurt Martell | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Hans Moebus | Bank Officer (uncredited) |
| Ed Nelson | Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited) |
| Paul Ravel | Man Exiting Office (uncredited) |
| Joey Ray | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Michael Ross | Building Guard (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Plane Passenger (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew L. Stone | Director, Screenplay |
| Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Otto Ludwig | Editor |
| Gustaf Norin | Makeup Artist |
| George C. Emick | Sound Editor |
| Ben Alexander | Sound |
| Dick Crockett | Stunts |
| Robert Aldrich | Production Supervisor |
| Agnes Flanagan | Hairstylist |
| Jack R. Berne | Assistant Director |
| Ben Winkler | Sound Engineer |
| Name | Title |
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| Bert E. Friedlob | Producer |
| Leo Taub | Executive Producer |
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