The Trap

With a big-name cast and much overacting, this becomes almost a comedy instead of a crime drama. Widmark has been tossed out of a small town by his father, the sheriff, because he committed some misdemeanor as a youth. He is now with gangster-on-the-run Cobb, who, with his thugs, have shut the town off from the rest of the world. Cobb is all set to leave soon via an airplane that is supposed to land near the town. Widmark goes along with Cobb until Reid, Widmark's father, is murdered by Cobb's gang. Then Widmark sets out to jail Cobb. He looks to his drunk brother Holliman to help, but Holliman has no backbone, just a gorgeous wife, Louise, who used to be Widmark's...