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Mantrap
Hammer thriller in which a wrongly imprisoned man escapes to find the real murderer.
Director: Terence Fisher
Overview
Before Hammer made horror films, they produced a series of rather good thrillers, including this adaptation from a story by Elleston Trevor. A fashion editor of a women’s magazine is imperilled when her ex-husband escapes from prison.
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