The Tattered Dress (1957)
03/14/1957 (US) • 1h 33m
The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !
Overview
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.
Top Billed Cast
James Gordon Blane
Diane Blane
Sheriff Nick Hoak
Carol Morrow
Charleen Reston
Billy Giles
Lester Rawlings
Michael Reston
Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
-
Revenue
-
Keywords
nevada
anti hero
crooked lawyer
film noir
courtroom
jury tampering
jealous husband
crime of passion
small town murder
compulsive gambler
trial lawyer
flirtatious woman
loyal wife
corrupt sheriff
clothes ripped
flawed hero
gun death
wife cheating on husband
criminal defense attorney
openly flirtatious wife
openly adulterous wife
lawyer defends himself
torn dress
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