The Trap
6.6
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...
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Cast
20 people
Richard Widmark
Ralph Anderson
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
Lee J. Cobb
Victor Massonetti
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Exorcist
Tina Louise
Linda Anderson
Known for
Gilligan's Island
The Stepford Wives
Earl Holliman
Tippy Anderson
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Forbidden Planet
Carl Benton Reid
Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
Known for
In a Lonely Place
The Little Foxes
Lorne Greene
Davis
Known for
Bonanza
Battlestar Galactica
Peter Baldwin
Mellon
Known for
The Possessed
The Mattei Affair
Chuck Wassil
First Fake Policeman
Known for
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Richard Shannon
Len Karger
Known for
The Tin Star
Artists and Models
Carl Milletaire
Eddie
Also in
The Living Christ
Black Hand
James Bell
Clint Edwards
Known for
I Walked with a Zombie
The Leopard Man
Karl Lukas
Greenie (uncredited)
Known for
Emperor of the North
Watermelon Man
Norman Panama Director · Richard Alan Simmons Writer Daniel L. Fapp Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · United States release January 28, 1959 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Production
Heath Productions
Production
Parkwood Enterprises
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 28, 1959
Theatrical
Austria
December 1, 1959 · Theatrical
France
August 19, 1959 · Theatrical
January 20, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Ireland
June 5, 1959 · Theatrical
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