Pitfall

Pitfall (1948) is a classic film noir you can watch online on iFILM, directed by André de Toth. Dick Powell plays John Forbes, a suburban insurance man with a wife, a son, and a steady job he's quietly come to resent. The white picket fence has started to feel like a cage.

A single assignment cracks it open. Forbes is sent to recover gifts bought for Mona Stevens (Lizabeth Scott), the girlfriend of a jailed embezzler who lavished her with stolen money. Their brief affair pulls both into a tightening knot of blackmail, jealousy and violence. Stalking the whole mess is private eye MacDonald — played by Raymond Burr as a soft-spoken, hulking menace obsessed with the same woman.

What sets it apart is the setting: no rain-slick alleys, just a tidy American suburb where one betrayal cuts a family deeper than any gunshot. It's lean, hard, and unusually grown-up about guilt and consequence. Stream Pitfall (1948) online on iFILM.