CrimeThriller

The Trap

Name: The Trap
Director: Norman Panama
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1959-01-28
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman, Carl Benton Reid

January 28, 1959

1h 24m

TMDB6.9· 18

Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...