The Money Trap

The Money Trap
Directed by	Burt Kennedy
Produced by	David Karr Max E. Youngstein
Written by	Walter Bernstein
Starring	Glenn Ford Elke Sommer Rita Hayworth Joseph Cotten
Cinematography	Paul Vogel
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s)	1965
Running time	91 mins.

The Money Trap is a 1965 drama film starring Glenn Ford , Elke Sommer and Rita Hayworth and directed by Burt Kennedy.

Plot

Joe Baron is a cop with financial troubles because of his wife Lisa's constant spending. One day, a burglar is reported shot at the home of a doctor. But upon investigating, Baron gets to know the dead burglar's alcoholic wife, Rosalie, and becomes aware that the doctor, Horace Van Tilden, is the head of an illegal drug syndicate.

Baron begins a romantic affair with Rosalie. He and his partner, Pete Delanos, both tired of being broke, conspire to rob Van Tilden's safe. The doctor, meantime, is anxious about Rosalie knowing his business and pushes her to her death.

While stealing a million dollars in cash and two bags of heroin from the safe, the cops are surprised by Van Tilden during the robbery and Delanos is shot. Baron makes a deal with the doctor that he will give back some of the drugs and loot if Van Tilden will agree to treat the seriously wounded Delanos. But after his partner dies, Baron kills the doctor. Wounded himself, he makes it home to Lisa, but knows that fellow officers from the department are on their way to put him behind bars.

Cast

• Glenn Ford as Joe Baron
• Elke Sommer as Lisa
• Rita Hayworth as Rosalie
• Ricardo Montalban as Pete Delanos
• Joseph Cotten as Dr. Van Tilden

External links

• The Money Trap at the Internet Movie Database