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The Trap (1959) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 28, 1959

Original Title:
The Trap

Genres:
Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Heath Productions
Parkwood Enterprises

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  IE: G 

Runtime: 84

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Henry Bumstead
Hal Pereira

Assistant Director:
Daniel McCauley
Michael D. Moore

Construction Coordinator:
Gene Lauritzen

Costume Design:
Edith Head

Director:
Norman Panama

Director of Photography:
Daniel L. Fapp

Editor:
Everett Douglas

Hairstylist:
Nellie Manley

Makeup Artist:
Lynn F. Reynolds

Makeup Supervisor:
Wally Westmore

Music Supervisor:
Irvin Talbot

Producer:
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama

Second Unit Director of Photography:
W. Wallace Kelley

Set Decoration:
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Sound Recordist:
Winston H. Leverett
Harold Lewis

Stunts:
Roger Creed
Russell Saunders

Writer:
Richard Alan Simmons
Norman Panama

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