The Trap is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Olive Tell.

"Doc" Sloan under an alias has become acquainted with Helen (Bankhead), and at a party at the Graham home recognizes Jean as a woman he saw married in Alaska.

He then attempts to blackmail her, saying that not only is Steve alive and that she is committing bigamy, but that he plans to tell her husband that the man she had an affair with is Ned.

There is a gunshot, Sloan is dead, Ned picks up the gun and fires additional shots, including one into his own arm.

When Bruce becomes suspicious of his wife due to the payments from Ned, Jean tells the whole story, including how it was she who shot Sloan at the meeting.