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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Pitfall (1948)
Season 2023
Episode 111
Dick Powell is a married insurance adjuster living in post-War Los Angeles. Stuck in a routine, he becomes involved with a woman (Lizabeth Scott) who has been lavished with gifts from an embezzling boyfriend, and becomes caught in a dangerous affair.
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