The Tattered Dress
“The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !”
1957•1h 33m•5.5•Released
CrimeDrama
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her 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.
Director
Jack Arnold
Writer
George Zuckerman
Languages
English
Studio
Universal International Pictures
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
Paul Birch
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Alexander Lockwood
Paul Vernon
Edwin Jerome
Judge David L. Johnson
William Schallert
Court Clerk
June McCall
Girl at Slot Machine
Frank J. Scannell
Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer
Production
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
Albert Zugsmith
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