Pitfall
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Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by André De Toth, noted for its dark exploration of suburban discontent and moral compromise.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pitfall | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime drama film
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film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jay Dratler
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Pitfall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Pitfall
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| castMember |
Barton MacLane
ⓘ
surface form:
Byron Barr
Dick Powell ⓘ Jane Wyatt ⓘ Lizabeth Scott ⓘ Raymond Burr ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harry J. Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | André De Toth ⓘ |
| distributor |
United Artists Releasing
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surface form:
United Artists
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| editedBy | Walter Thompson ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic |
dark tone
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domestic tension ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical reevaluation as noir classic ⓘ |
| hasStyle | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
moral compromise
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suburban discontent ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Louis Forbes ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American suburbia ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hollywood noir
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surface form:
American film noir canon
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| portrays |
extramarital affair
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insurance investigator ⓘ obsessive private detective ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Bischoff Productions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Karl Kamb
ⓘ
William Bowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.