
If you hate scratchy, slow early 1930s talkies where people stand too close to hidden microphones, please skip this one. But if you have a soft spot for cheap pre-code crime movies with weirdly intense energy, Trapped is a pretty fun way to waste an hour. 🎥 It is definitely not a masterpiece, but it has that raw, dust...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"If you hate scratchy, slow early 1930s talkies where people stand too close to hidden microphones, please skip this one. But if you have a soft spot for cheap pre-code crime movies with weirdly intense energy, Trapped is a pretty fun way to waste an hour. 🎥 It is definitely not a masterpiece, but it has that raw, dusty charm you only get from this specific transitional era. The plot is a bit of a mess, honestly. We get Lina Basquette looking incredibly dramatic and some gangsters who seem like ..."
Robert F. Hill, Kurt Neumann, Walter B. Gibson
United States

1931 · IMDb 5.5

