The Trap is an adventure/romance film released in 1966 written by David D. Osborn and directed by Sidney Hayers. Shot in the pristine wilderness of the Canadian province of British Columbia, Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham star in this unusual love story as a rough trapper and a mute orphan girl. The soundtrack was composed by Ron Goodwin and the main theme is familiar as the title music used by the BBC for London Marathon coverage. Fur trapper Jean La Bête paddles his canoe through wild water towards the settlement in order to sell a load of furs. At the settlement a steamboat has... already landed, bringing several bondswomen which are now offered for sale. The simple-minded Jean La Bête decides to take the opportunity to buy a wife, but he arrives too late to the auction. However, Eve , a foster child of a local trader family, is offered to him for $1000. Eve is a shy girl who as a child had to witness how her parents were barbarously murdered. Since that time she is mute. The trapper buys the girl and takes her against her will into the breathtakingly beautiful wilderness of British Columbian.
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| Release date: | April 1966 |
| Directed by: | Sidney Hayers |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Robert Krasker |
| Genre: | Adventure |