Trapped ~ 1949 -BW

QUICKIE: Crime doesn't pay! Even if you make your own money.

PLOT: U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

SUMMARY: This is a great movie! We begin with a lesson on the branches of the U.S.Treasurey. This leads us to the recent appearance of counterfeit money. Tris Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) stars as a convicted counterfeiter who is offered a chance at early release from prison if he agrees to cooperate with Treasury agents who are trying to track down his former partners-in-crime. He reluctantly agrees to help them, and quickly escapes his G-man escort. The Treasury dept. had anticipated his escape and they follow him closely, hoping he'll lead them to the other counterfeiters. Tris quickly hooks up with his ex-girlfriend Laurie (Barbara Payton, in her film debut) and they plan one last heist to get money and then escape to Mexico. However, nothing goes as planned and Laurie discovers one man in the ring is a G-man. Things escalate to a final shoot out game of hide and seek in a subway train yard.