Tina Louise, Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, and Earl Holliman in The Trap (1959)

The Trap

Movie1959• Not Rated• 1h 24m
ActionCrimeDramaThriller
⭐ 6.6 / 10(811)

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.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
1h 24m
Released
1959
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

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.

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Did you know

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

• William Holden turned down the role of Ralph Anderson.

• Lee J. Cobb and Lorne Greene would both later play prominent ranchers in well-known TV westerns - "The Virginian" and "Bonanza", respectively.

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Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1, 1.37 : 1, 1.96 : 1
Color
Color
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