Considering it’s inherently a movie about mundane suburban life, Pitfall doesn’t hesitate to pull the rug out from under its characters as well as its audience. Jumping right in, it’s set in your run-of-the-mill post-war era, featuring a bored insurance man, his lovely wife, and the ins and outs of their days. Then comes a femme fatale and a covetous private eye who end up spurring a moral spiral heading for disaster. Directed by André de Toth, and starring the likes of Lizabeth Scott, Dick Powell, and Jane Wyatt, 1948’s Pitfall takes what should have been a typical tale of unfaithfulness and greed, and rolls and drenches it in drama.