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Mantrap (1953)

5.1 | Mar 10, 1953 (GB) | Thriller, Crime | 01:13

Scotland Yard warns private eye to reveal the whereabouts of the Man in Hiding.

Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.

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Paul Henreid
Hugo Bishop
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Lois Maxwell
Thelma Speight / Tasman
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Kieron Moore
Mervyn Speight
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Hugh Sinclair
Maurice Jerrard
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Lloyd Lamble
Inspector "Freddie" Frisnay
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Bill Travers
Victor Tasman
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Mary Laura Wood
Susie Martin
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Kay Kendall
Vera Corridge
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Anna Turner
Marjorie