Woman Trap

Woman Trap

82 mins | Crime | Sept. 28, 1929

In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray (Chester Morris) is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans (Evelyn Brent), the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.

Woman Trap

82 mins | Crime | Sept. 28, 1929

Woman Trap
In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray (Chester Morris) is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans (Evelyn Brent), the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.
Producers Paramount
Original title Woman Trap
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Louise Long, Edwin J. Burke, Bartlett Cormack

Cast

Hal Skelly

as Dan Malone

Chester Morris

as Ray Malone

Evelyn Brent

as Kitty Evans

Effie Ellsler

as Mrs. Malone

Guy Oliver

as Mr. Evans

Leslie Fenton

as Eddie Evans

Charles Giblyn

as Smith

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

as Reporter (as Joseph Mankiewicz)

Clarence Wilson

as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)

Sailor Vincent

as Himself - a boxer (as 'Sailor Billy' Vincent)

Virginia Bruce

as Nurse

Eddie Kane

as Bit Role

Bessie Lyle

as Bit Role

Michael Visaroff

as Bit Role