THE TRAP
Oliver Reed & Rita Tushingham
1966

"This is one of those movies that once seen you will never forget it. It leaves you with a feeling of delight after watching it. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to sit riveted to their seat the entire movie. I was 14 yrs old in 1970 when I saw this movie and to this day at almost 50 I still think of the times me and my mother and brother watched it."

"Do yourself a favor. See "The Trap". And then . . . . see it again."

Lush Canadian scenery that stretches as far as the eye can see. The film was shot on location in British Columbia.

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.

PLOT:
Based on a story and screenplay by David Osborn . A fur trapper nicknamed La Bete or The Beast (Oliver Reed) arrives in a Canadian village after three winters in the snow. Having missing the annual auction, he takes a mute girl (Rita Tusingham who does not utter a single word in the entire film) as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods. The picture narrates the odyssey of an adventurer who, weary of civilization, chooses to live at one with nature, becoming a mountain man. A seemingly brutish fur trapper, his exploits gain him the nickname ¨La Bete¨ (The Beast). The story centres around these two mismatched individuals, both
handicapped in their own way as they struggle to make a life together in the Canadian wilderness. From initial brutality to tolerance to interdependence until finally...

CAST:
Rita Tushingham ... Eve
Oliver Reed ... La Bete
Rex Sevenoaks ... The Trader
Barbara Chilcott ... Trader's Wife
Linda Goranson ... Trader's Daughter
Blain Fairman ... Clerk
Walter Marsh ... Preacher
Joseph Golland ... Baptiste
Jon Granik ... No Name
Merv Campone ... Yellow Dog
Reg McReynolds ... Captain

Director: Sidney Hayers

RUNNING TIME: 106 MINUTES

"The Trap is Unforgettable"

"One of the greatest British Movies ever made, and most certainly was the peak of Rita Tushingham's outstanding film career."

"This is a brilliant film, and both stars are at the top of their form."

"A little lost gem."