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Director
  
Philip Leacock

Duration
  

Music director
  
Jack Marshall

Writer
  
J.P. Miller

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
1h 12m

Cinematography
  
Irving Glassberg

Country
  
USA

The Rabbit Trap movie poster

Release date
  
1959

Based on
  
TV play by JP Miller

Cast
  
Ernest Borgnine
(Eddie Colt),
David Brian
(Everett Spellman),
Bethel Leslie
(Abby Colt),
Kevin Corcoran
(Duncan Colt),
June Blair
(Judy Colt),
Jeanette Nolan
(Mrs. Colt)

Similar movies
  
Ernest Borgnine appears in The Rabbit Trap and Marty, The Young Stranger (1957), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The DI (1957), Ransom! (1956)

The rabbit trap 1959


The Rabbit Trap is a 1959 American drama film directed by Philip Leacock based on a 1955 Goodyear Television Playhouse teleplay by JP Miller

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Plot

Since leaving the army ten years ago, Eddie has been working hard without any promotion, never missing a day of work and having only three weeks holiday in his ten years with his construction firm. The day after Eddie, his wife Abby and son Duncan are granted two weeks holiday they spend in a mountain cabin. On the first day Eddie and Duncan place a rabbit trap out in the countryside for the sheer joy of feeding and releasing him. Eddie is called back to work the next day leading to arguments with Abby who insists Eddie should remain on holiday. Eddie fears being left behind in promotion if he endangers his reputation for reliability.

Upon returning home, Duncan realizes they left the trap set and a rabbit could be trapped inside. Duncan breaks his piggy bank and returns to the mountains by himself to save the rabbit. He tries to take the bus to back Deep Springs to save the rabbit.

In the midst of this his Dad gets a promotion and Judy kisses the owner of the construction firm and gives her one-week notice.

Eddie decided that it is more important to bring his son back to check the rabbit trap than his promotion and quits.

Cast

  • Ernest Borgnine: Eddie Colt
  • David Brian: Everett Spellman
  • Bethel Leslie: Abby Colt
  • Kevin Corcoran: Duncan Colt
  • June Blair: Judy Colt
  • Christopher Dark: Gerry
  • Jeanette Nolan: Mrs. Colt
  • Russell Collins: Hughie Colt
  • Don Rickles: Mike O'Halloran
  • References

    The Rabbit Trap Wikipedia
    The Rabbit Trap IMDb The Rabbit Trap themoviedb.org