This movie starts with an unpromising premise and proceeds with imperfect production values, but to my surprise the end result is fairly gripping. The acting talents of Reed and Tushingham drag what could otherwise have been pretty stolid daytime TV fodder (think Hallmark TV in more contemporary context) into a different league. Reed's performance as La Bête, the earthy, rum-swilling 'beast' with a (normally hidden) softer side is almost playing to type, but he makes a pretty good fist of it. Tushingham's mute girl is played with great expression too; and their primal struggles to survive in the wilderness are the backdrop against which their relationship slowly develops.I'm sure not everyone will find this film a '9' or a '10' , but it is well worth watching; recently screened on British TV channel 'talking pictures' it made absorbing viewing. This was despite the fact that they could only manage to show a fairly iffy transfer from a grubby print to 4:3 video, which meant the film lost much of its original visual impact in widescreen.

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. My brother would imitate Oliver Reeds character and dance for us and make us laugh until we cried. Rita Tushingham and Oliver Reeds performances are just remarkable. I hope its never re-made as I cant see anyone capturing the magic these two created on the screen. Its a must own, as you may find yourself watching it time and time again like reading a favorite book that takes you somewhere you want to keep going to. I hope you get to see it.

This is one of my all time favorites. Can't wait for it to hit DVD...but with DVD coming up on 10 years maybe I'll be out of luck.Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham are just brilliant. It is like being transported back in time. Honestly, if you can see it do so. The wolf attack is scary and you never know exactly how it will end...and I'm not telling. It is a lost classic in the true terms of the words. While I have not seen it for almost 35 years, it has stuck with me. It is well worth searching out but thus far, I have been unsuccessful.Rita Tushingham plays her part very well and you can't help feeling like you want to protect her from 'the savage brute'.August 2016 update. (Many years from first review!)Still waiting for a definitive or even good DVD or hopefully BLU Ray. I bought the PAL Italian version and thought I'd share my views:I just got it. Not great quality but if, like me, you want to see the movie it is all that's really out there.The Italian disc is PAL not NTSC so you need to have the equipment to play it of convert it to a playable file format. This may be the biggest hurdle for most in the US but maybe not.The Italian disk is widescreen but NOT anamorphic which makes the image low quality Its a 4:3 image with the center portion having the image. It does play with wide black bars on ALL sides of the image on a 16:9 screen. You can magnify it if your TV allows this but you get a bigger fuzzier image. Watching on an iPad works mostly because of the size and aspect ratio. On the plus side it is widescreen so you see the whole movie.Second, the colors are very dull and drab. I do not recall it quite like that. The sound quality is stereo and I found sharp, crisp and of good quality. It was very easy to understand the spoken word. The music and sound effects had some very nice base and complimented the movie very well. This is where the disc shines in my opinion.The movie is a TRUE classic with two of Britain's greatest stars. Rita Tushingham and Oliver Reed are great in this action adventure that has no real equal. That this movie isn't available on BluRay is almost criminal. In summary, if you need to see this movie, this is your only option.Pros: Great sound. Widescreen. Original English soundtrack Cons: Non-anamorphic picture that has a dull / drab color scheme. Sharpness lacking

Having been lucky enough to find this movie in a box of thrown away tapes (actually among about 30 thrown out at a dump sight I work at, and they are in excellent condition!!!) I have just watched it (twice) over the weekend. I am like most people who have reported on "The Trap", I loved it and remembered it from probably 35 years ago, and always wanted to see it again. I was so glad to be able to watch it again and will definitely keep the movie.The thing that no one else has mentioned but I think I saw in the movie was how much Jean cared for his mother as he mentioned her several times, often sang the song that she taught him and even from the start respected Eve as a woman. Here was a lonely Quebecois trapper, with no social skills, who had not been with a woman in years, paid $1000 (I would imagine like $500,000 today) for what he expected a wife would give him. He was much bigger that Eve in height and weight and could have easily over-powered her, even when she held a hatchet or knife ... but he still respected her fears.I wish this movie could have continued for another half an hour so we could have seen what being together as a couple could have brought them. As far as visual effects, etc. for a film made in 1966 I think it was done exceptionally well. Someone mentioned that the "bad natives" were portrayed by white actors and the good by real native people ... I am sure a sign of the times. I am sure I saw a cameo of Chief Dan George at the start ... I must look into this.This is the first review of a movie I have ever made ... hope it was okay.