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The Money Trap ()


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When half-a-million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.

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Joe Baron
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Lisa Baron
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Rosalie Kenny
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Dr. Horace Van Tilden
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Pete Delanos
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Matthews
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Detective Wolski
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Aunt
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Mr. Klein
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Father
Teri Lynn Sandoval ...
Amaya - Mexican Daughter
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Banker (scenesDeleted)
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Drunken Man (scenesDeleted)
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Delivery Man (scenesDeleted)
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Waiter at Party (uncredited)
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Police Inspector (uncredited)
Herman Boden ...
Parking Lot Attendant (uncredited)
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Jack Archer (uncredited)
Charlita ...
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
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Police captain (uncredited)
Sallie Dornan ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Stacy King ...
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Budd Landreth ...
Detective (uncredited)
Helena Nash ...
Madame (uncredited)
Josephine Parra ...
Dead Mother (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
George Sawaya ...
Angelo (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Marya Stevens ...
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Cleo Tibbs ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Todd ...
Intern (uncredited)
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Man in Clinic (uncredited)
Ward Wood ...
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Than Wyenn ...
Phil Kenny (uncredited)

Directed by

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Burt Kennedy

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Walter Bernstein ... (screen play by)
 
Lionel White ... (based on the novel by)

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David Karr ... producer
Max E. Youngstein ... producer

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Hal Schaefer

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Paul Vogel ... director of photography (as Paul C. Vogel)

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John McSweeney Jr.

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Carl Anderson
George W. Davis

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Robert R. Benton
Henry Grace

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John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup artist

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Lindsley Parsons Jr. ... assistant production manager: MGM (uncredited)

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Lynn Guthrie ... second assistant director
Hank Moonjean ... assistant director

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Franklin Milton ... sound

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Plot Summary

Joe Baron is a cop with money problems that seem solved when he is assigned to a burglary case involving half-million dollars stolen from a doctor's office's safe. Wealthy Dr. Horace Van Tilden managed to shoot the intruder during the burglary but the thief is still breathing when the two cops arrive on the scene. On the way to the hospital the burglar reveals to Joe that his target was indeed the half-million dollars in the doctor's safe and the combination to the safe. Joe and his partner, Pete Delanos, decide to get to the cash and keep it for themselves. Written by nufs68

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Taglines SHE'S SO EXPENSIVE...He had to pay for her with a gun! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Piège au grisbi (France)
  • La trampa del dinero (Spain)
  • La trappola mortale (Italy)
  • Dam-e pool (Iran, Persian title)
  • Politiets sorte får (Denmark)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia This was the last of five films which Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth made together. It was a sign of the times that, whereas Hayworth had always been top-billed over Ford in their earlier films, for this film she was third-billed behind Ford and relative newcomer Elke Sommer. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from The Big Sleep (1946). See more »

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