Mantrap

Scotland Yard warns private eye to reveal the whereabouts of the Man in Hiding.

Mantrap — Plot

Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.

• Release date
• March 10, 1953
• Runtime
• 73 min
• Genres
• Thriller, Crime
• Director
• Terence Fisher

Mantrap — Cast

Paul Henreid Hugo Bishop Lois Maxwell Thelma Speight / Tasman Kieron Moore Mervyn Speight Hugh Sinclair Maurice Jerrard Lloyd Lamble Inspector "Freddie" Frisnay Anthony Forwood Rex Bill Travers Victor Tasman Mary Laura Wood Susie Martin