Mantrap (1953)
Scotland Yard warns private eye to reveal the whereabouts of the Man in Hiding.
1953 · NR · 1h 13m · Thriller, Crime
Genres: Thriller, Crime
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.
Director: Terence Fisher
Writers: Terence Fisher, Trevor Dudley-Smith, Paul Tabori
Editor: James Needs
Cast
Paul Henreid as Hugo BishopLois Maxwell as Thelma Speight / TasmanKieron Moore as Mervyn SpeightHugh Sinclair as Maurice JerrardLloyd Lamble as Inspector "Freddie" FrisnayAnthony Forwood as RexBill Travers as Victor TasmanMary Laura Wood as Susie MartinKay Kendall as Vera CorridgeAnna Turner as MarjorieBarbara Shelley as Fashion show commentatorMore like this
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