The Tattered Dress (1957)
The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !
93 min
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.
- Release date
- March 14, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Frank Skinner
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Cast
- Jeff Chandler as James Gordon Blane
- Jeanne Crain as Diane Blane
- Jack Carson as Nick Hoak
- Gail Russell as Carol Morrow
- Elaine Stewart as Charleen Reston
- George Tobias as Billy Giles
- Edward Andrews as Lester Rawlings
- Phillip Reed as Michael Reston
- Edward Platt as Ralph Adams
- Paul Birch as Frank Mitchell
- Alexander Lockwood as Paul Vernon
- Edwin Jerome as Judge David L. Johnson
- William Schallert as Court Clerk
- Frank J. Scannell as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer
- Floyd Simmons as Larry Bell
- Ziva Rodann as Woman on Train
- Marina Orschel as Girl by Pool
- Fred Aldrich as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
- Mary Bayless as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Paul Bradley as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Chet Brandenburg as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
- Ralph Brooks as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
- Charles J. Conrad as Reporter (uncredited)
- Jack Del Rio as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- George DeNormand as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Crew
- Jack Arnold · Director
- George Zuckerman · Writer
- Albert Zugsmith · Producer
- Frank Skinner · Composer
- Carl E. Guthrie · Cinematographer
- Edward Curtiss · Editor