The Tattered Dress (1957)

03/14/1957 (US) • 1h 33m

Crime, Drama

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

Jeff Chandler

James Gordon Blane

Jeanne Crain

Diane Blane

Jack Carson

Sheriff Nick Hoak

Gail Russell

Carol Morrow

Elaine Stewart

Charleen Reston

George Tobias

Billy Giles

Edward Andrews

Lester Rawlings

Phillip Reed

Michael Reston

Edward Platt

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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