The Trap

1966
7.1| 1h46m| en
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A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
blackkatdemon The Trap is a really, really, good movie. It has a great musical score to it, the movie is filmed out in the Canadian wildness, and on a lot in London. Like most movies from the 1960's it is very colorful, and beautiful to watch. It's like watching the old Disney movies like Charlie the Lonesome Cougar.The Trap is about a women named Eve (Rita Tushingham) who as a kid watched her family get killed by Indian's. From the traumatic event she don't talk at all, and has been since mute. She's took in by a store keeper and his wife, and their daughter. They raise Eve up to being somewhat their own maid, and go to person. The store keeper also has the trapper's money he has been holding onto for 2 years. Him and his wife are wanting to go back to San Francisco, & were told the trapper was dead.The trapper shows up when it's marrying time the local ferry brings in wife's that the men pay for. Close to a thousand bucks a piece to get them out of jail, and brought up to the town. La Bete show's up bringing in fur's to trade for money and to get money the store owner been keeping for him. As well as wanting a wife, even after all the women are sold off. After wards just buying a new gun, rum, food, and candies.The French Canadian trapper Jean (pronounced John) La Bete (Oliver Reed). When La Bete goes to the store owner's house to get his money he's surprised at some of the stuff the keeper has in his house. After he get's his money, which the store keeper's wife is not to happy. She tells Eve to get herself all dressed up, and takes her down to the edge of town. She meets up with La Bete and tell's him Eve's story, saying she is young, strong and would make a good wife. The keeper's wife gets paid for Eve, and now Eve's told she has to go with La Bete. Eve's not happy, fights with La Bete, and get's told to stay in the canoe.Eve's taught by La Bete how to hunt, trap, fish, and even cut wood. La Bete is a jerk, messy, throws food on the ground, and has no manners. Eve and La Bete have their clashes the first year they are together. La Bete get's hurt Eve nurse's him back to health, and in the end they well.....you have to watch this movie to find out the ending.
vickie_322 Like most who have posted here, I was haunted by this movie through the years after seeing it (over 40 years ago where I watched it over and over again on t.v.....it must've been shown in some sort've special week long presentation or suchlike....) The song would run through my head from time to time ("When I'm a man, I'll take me a wife, we'll live in a house on the hill, the hill...and she will have diamond and pearl"). I thought I was the only one to be so charmed, and was touched to read of other's finding this a magic film. It would be nice to see it again, and see what I think now....or maybe not!! I hope Mr. Reed knew of it's impact on people.
TM-2 This is one of my all time favorites. Can't wait for it to hit DVD...but with DVD coming up on 10 years maybe I'll be out of luck.Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham are just brilliant. It is like being transported back in time. Honestly, if you can see it do so. The wolf attack is scary and you never know exactly how it will end...and I'm not telling. It is a lost classic in the true terms of the words. While I have not seen it for almost 35 years, it has stuck with me. It is well worth searching out but thus far, I have been unsuccessful.Rita Tushingham plays her part very well and you can't help feeling like you want to protect her from 'the savage brute'.August 2016 update. (Many years from first review!)Still waiting for a definitive or even good DVD or hopefully BLU Ray. I bought the PAL Italian version and thought I'd share my views:I just got it. Not great quality but if, like me, you want to see the movie it is all that's really out there.The Italian disc is PAL not NTSC so you need to have the equipment to play it of convert it to a playable file format. This may be the biggest hurdle for most in the US but maybe not.The Italian disk is widescreen but NOT anamorphic which makes the image low quality Its a 4:3 image with the center portion having the image. It does play with wide black bars on ALL sides of the image on a 16:9 screen. You can magnify it if your TV allows this but you get a bigger fuzzier image. Watching on an iPad works mostly because of the size and aspect ratio. On the plus side it is widescreen so you see the whole movie.Second, the colors are very dull and drab. I do not recall it quite like that. The sound quality is stereo and I found sharp, crisp and of good quality. It was very easy to understand the spoken word. The music and sound effects had some very nice base and complimented the movie very well. This is where the disc shines in my opinion.The movie is a TRUE classic with two of Britain's greatest stars. Rita Tushingham and Oliver Reed are great in this action adventure that has no real equal. That this movie isn't available on BluRay is almost criminal. In summary, if you need to see this movie, this is your only option.Pros: Great sound. Widescreen. Original English soundtrack Cons: Non-anamorphic picture that has a dull / drab color scheme. Sharpness lacking
arrival One of the greatest British Movies ever made, and most certainly was the peak of Rita Tushingham's outstanding film career.Oliver Reed was terribly underrated as an actor, and this Movie goes to prove along with several others he made during the sixties that he was in fact one of Britain's finest actors.This film and story keeps you gripped with both suspense and emotion from start to finish - they don't make them like that anymore...It seems inconceivable that we are still awaiting the DVD release of this Movie and it is as rare as diamonds to find on Video which was available for only a short time in the mid nineties.Do not ever miss the opportunity to see this film if you get the chance - the story leaves you haunted from the stark atmosphere in which it is told.Tremendous performances from Oliver Reed, Rita Tushingham and Barbara Chilcott - not to be missed.Simply magnificent!

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