- HD 1080
- Runtime: 85m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Andrew L. Stone
- Stars: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Eddie Marr
- keywords: bank manager, bank robber, passport, film noir, fugitive, b movie, bank vault, suitcase full of money, temptation, stealing money, bank heist, extradition, crisis of conscience, living in exile, personal narrative, monotonous life, air travel
- Production_studio: Thor Productions
- Slogan: For the Love of a Woman, He Stole $1,000,000!
- The The Steel Trap is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #51 in Top Drama Movies of 1952
- #9 in Top Crime Movies of 1952
- #14 in Top Thriller Movies of 1952
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.