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UW Cinematheque - UCLA Festival of Preservation on Tour

Trapped | USA | 1949 | 35mm | 78 min. Director: Richard Fleischer

Event Details

Date
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Time
3:30 p.m.
Description
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt
This well-paced noir melodrama from veteran director Fleischer (The Narrow Margin, Violent Saturday) focuses on the Secret Service’s pursuit of counterfeiting mobsters. Trapped is particularly notable for the breakout lead performance of 22-year-old Barbara Payton who was notorious for her brief and tempestuous Hollywood career as well as her tragic and highly publicized death at the age of 39.
Cost
Free

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