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Director  Edmond OBrien
Music director  Leith Stevens
Duration  
Country  United States
5.8/10 IMDb

Genre  Crime, Drama
Story by  John D. MacDonald
Language  English
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Writer  John D. MacDonald, Ed Waters
Release date  September 20, 1961 (1961-09-20)
Cast  Jeffrey Hunter (Matt Jameson), David Janssen (Vince Biskay), Stella Stevens (Nina Jameson), Elaine Devry (Liz Addams), Virginia Gregg (Ruth), Dorothy Green (Vera Snavely)
Similar movies  The Last Samurai, Saving Private Ryan, Gran Torino, Little Lips, Wag the Dog, The Best Years of Our Lives
Tagline  Too many men... Too many thrills... Soon - Too much violence!

Man-Trap is a 1961 American drama film about a Korean War veteran who becomes involved in a scheme to steal $3.5 million from a Central American dictator. The film was directed by Edmond O'Brien, and stars Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, and Stella Stevens.

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Plot

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Although injured in combat, Matt Jameson returns home from Korea safely and works in California as an engineer. He is unhappily married to Nina, an alcoholic, and is attracted to his boss's secretary, Liz Addams.

Vince Biskay, a friend from the Marines whose life Matt saved, turns up with a risky but tempting offer. He knows of a Central America dictator whose shipment of $3.5 million for illegal weapons is being transported to the U.S. If they can intercept it, Matt and Vince could turn it in to law authorities and split the reward.

A gun battle erupts at the San Francisco airport, with the dictator's thugs trying to protect the loot. Vince is shot. Matt takes him and their stolen money home, where Vince recovers while a drunken Nina makes a pass at him.

Matt orders him to leave once he realizes VInce intends to keep the money, not return it. Nina then has a fatal accident that a desperate Matt tries to cover up. He is found and beaten by the Central American thugs, looking for their money. Vince has it, but comes to an unhappy end of the road. Matt ends up with Liz, feeling lucky to get out of this dangerous situation alive.

Production

Hunter made the film after King of Kings. He later wrote that the film was "experimental... our script was not the finest by any means. It was the first time I had worked with an actor-director." He said O'Brien "being a very strong performer, interprets each character himself; and at times this can be very very helpful, and at other times it can be terribly frustrating, only because the actor likes to feel that he is an individual and not a parrot." However Hunter thought that O'Brien was "a good sport, he accepts suggestions, and I think he has all the makings of being a very fine director."

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