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Hi: I am looking for the title of an old movie of cops/crooks. B&W, probably from the 40's that I saw in the 60's. Bad guy ends up at the end being chased across the tops of streetcars in a large streetcar barn; as he raises up to shoot at the cops he touches the overhead and fries himself. I can not recall the title; but, I thought Wm. Powell was the good buy. I may be confusing one of his other good guy roles though.
Thanks, Harry
Hello again Harry,
An Internet colleague of mine has come up with the answer for you. It was a film called "TRAPPED" from 1949. Directed by Richard Fleischer, it starred Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton, was made in black & white and ran 78 minutes. It was what we used to refer to as a "B" movie.
Here are a couple of websites that deal with this film and its availability on DVD...........
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/4578D.html
http://movies.go.com/trapped/d802518/drama
Glad to be of help. Cheers.........Mel.
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| Comment | Thanks Mel: I had not seen that for ages which was why I could not clearly recall the title or the stars in it. I will be getting that. The discussion came about when I saw a movie with a friend where the crooks where chased through the minature subway tunnels used to deliver goods to Chicago stores and remove waste. And, you guess it, the bad guy got fried there too. Perhaps there are other such "volunteer streetcar electrications" out there, I don't know. Well, thanks again for sticking with it. Harry | ||
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