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Saturday Cinema Double Bill

on BBC Two England

Pitfall
starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott
In the first of two films starring crooner-turned-serious actor Dick Powell, he plays a family man bored by his routine life who begins an affair with a gangster's moll. But when her old boyfriend gets out of jail, his troubles really begin.
Screenplay by KARL KAMB
Based on the novel The Pitfall by JAY DRATLER
Produced by SAMUEL BISCHOFF Directed by ANDRE DE TOTH

and at 3.40
Cry Danger
starring Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming
In this tough thriller Powell plays Rocky who, after serving a Hve-year prison sentence for a hold-up, is released on a false alibi. But he is determined to prove his innocence by tracking down the real robbers as well as their loot.
Screenplay by WILLIAM POWERS
Based on a story by JEROME CADY Produced by SAM WIESENTHAL , W. R. FRANK Directed by ROBERT PARRISH
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Powell
Unknown:
Lizabeth Scott
Unknown:
Dick Powell
Unknown:
Jay Dratler
Produced By:
Samuel Bischoff
Directed By:
Andre de Toth
Unknown:
Dick Powell
Unknown:
Rhonda Fleming
Play By:
William Powers
Story By:
Jerome Cady
Produced By:
Sam Wiesenthal
Produced By:
W. R. Frank
Directed By:
Robert Parrish
John Forbes:
Dick Powell
Mona Stevens:
Lizabeth Scott
Sue Forbes:
Jane Wyatt
MacDonald:
Raymond Burr
District Attorney:
John Lltel
Bill Smiley:
Byron Barr
Tommy Forbes:
Jimmy Hunt
Maggie:
Ann Doran
Ed Brawley:
Selmer Jackson
Terry:
Margaret Wells
Desk sergeant:
Dick Wassell
Rocky:
Dick Powell
Nancy:
Rhonda Fleming
Delong:
Richard Erdman
Castro:
William Conrad
Cobb:
Regis Toomey
Darlene:
Jean Porter

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