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The Trap

The Trap

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 24mNot Rated
ActionCrimeDramaThriller
6.6
IMDB Rating
799 votes

In a remote Californian desert town, a lawyer arranges for a wanted mobster to skip the country via a small airstrip but the local sheriff and his deputy could pose a problem.

Director
Norman Panama
Writers
Richard Alan Simmons, Norman Panama
Stars
Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise
Release Date
February 5, 1959
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 17
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
as Ralph Anderson
Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
as Victor Massonetti
Tina Louise
Tina Louise
as Linda Anderson
Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman
as Tippy Anderson
Carl Benton Reid
Carl Benton Reid
as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
as Davis
Peter Baldwin
Peter Baldwin
as Mellon
👤
Chuck Wassil
as First Fake Policeman
Richard Shannon
Richard Shannon
as Len Karger
👤
Carl Milletaire
as Eddie

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Heath Productions, Parkwood Enterprises

🏷️ Keywords

man killedfather son conflicthandcuffed mansweaty clothdriving through the desert

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Good try from a comedy specialist
by searchanddestroy-12021-04-22
7/10

"I would never have bet a dime on the fact that Norm Panama would have written and directed a crime drama, the same with Dick Quine giving us PUSHOVER, or the French director Cedric Klapish making NI POUR NI CONTRE BIEN AU CONTRAIRE. All of them also comedy specialist, ad pretty good ones. So back to this one, a kind of hybrid prodict, hesitating between western - settings and villains gangsters shown as like Indians- and crime drama, with a bit touch of 3.10 TO YUMA, pulled by convincing performances such as the likes of Richard Widmark and Lee J Cobb. Wirdmark could have made Cobb's char..."

💡 Did You Know?

Richard Widmark and Earl Holliman played brothers in this movie, as well as Broken Lance (1954).

📖 Synopsis

In a remote Californian desert town, a lawyer arranges for a wanted mobster to skip the country via a small airstrip but the local sheriff and his deputy could pose a problem.