The Trap

The Trap is a 1959 film released through 20th-Century Fox which tells the story of a lawyer returning home to the remote hometown in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. His 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. For the first time in ten years, lawyer Ralph Anderson returns to his hometown of Tula, California, where his father Lloyd and brother Tippy serve as the town's sheriffs. As a teenager, Ralph was caught drinking in a stolen car by Lloyd, who then sent him off to reform school. Furious with his father's lack of faith in him, Ralph became a city lawyer and never again spoke to his family. Now, Ralph visits the sheriff's office, where he is disheartened to see Tippy sleeping off a drinking binge with... full article at wikipedia