Mantrap

Mantrap - 1952 | 79 mins | Crime | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Terence Fisher.
Producer: Michael Carreras and Alexander Paul.
Script: Terence Fisher and Paul Tabori. (from the novel Queen in Danger by Elleston Trevor)
Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer.
Film Editing: James Needs.
Art Direction: J. Elder Wills.
Makeup Department: D. Bonnor Maris.
Sound Department: J. Miller.
Original Music: Doreen Carwithen.

The Cast

Paul Henreid - Hugo Bishop
Lois Maxwell - Thelmas Speight/Tasman
Kieron Moore - Speight
Hugh Sinclair - Maurice Jerrard
Lloyd Lamble - Inspector Frisnay
Anthony Forwood - Rex
Bill Travers - VictorTasman
Mary Laura Wood - Susie
Kay Kendall - Vera

Plot Synopsis

Thelma (Lois Maxwell), wife of guilty but insane killer Speight (Kieron Moore), assumes a new identity – known only to her employer Jerrard (Hugh Sinclair), and marries Victor (Bill Travers). Speight escapes from a mental institution to prove his innocence. Private detective Bishop (Paul Henreid) and his secretary Vera (Kay Kendall) find him, and discovering that he is sane, seek the real killer.