The Steel Trap

The Steel Trap is a 1952 thriller film noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.

He tells his wife Laurie Teresa Wright that the bank is sending him to Rio de Janeiro on business and he wants her and their daughter to travel with him. Its a great opportunity for his career, he says, and he has been given it in preference to the person who would normally be sent, so he cautions her not to talk to anyone about it. Laurie is delighted with the news, but insists their daughter stay at home with Lauries mother. Jim decides he can send for her after Laurie knows they are staying in Rio.With his inside knowledge and trusted position, the theft from the bank vault is simple enough, but the travel logistics are difficult. Flights are full, passports and visas are needed on a rush basis and the Osbornes face a series of delays and miss a connection at New Orleans. At this point an airline employee, made suspicious by Jims urgent manner and very heavy baggage, tips off a customs officer to check whether he is illegally exporting gold, and the money is revealed. ........

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