The Tattered Dress
1957After 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.
Acted in
Jeff Chandler
as James Gordon Blane
Jeanne Crain
as Diane Blane
Jack Carson
as Sheriff 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, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Paul Birch
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Alexander Lockwood
as Paul Vernon
Edwin Jerome
as Judge David L. Johnson
William Schallert
as Court Clerk
June McCall
as Girl at Slot Machine
Frank J. Scannell
as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
Floyd Simmons
as Larry Bell
Ziva Rodann
as Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
Marina Orschel
as Girl by Pool
Ingrid Goude
as Girl by Pool
Fred Aldrich
as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Beau Anderson
as Undetermined Secondary Role (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)
Donald Chaffin
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Richard Dale Clark
as Suspect (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
George DeNormand
as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Elliott
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dotty Ertel
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Todd Ferrell
as Timmy Blane (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
as Juror (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
as Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Robert Haines
as Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Juror (uncredited)
Charles Herbert
as Johnny Blane
Freda Jones
as Sarah Bell (uncredited)
King Lockwood
as Steward (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
as Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
Maurice Marks
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Helene Marshall
as Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
as Juror (uncredited)
Gordon Morehouse
as Poker Player (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Juror (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
as Juror (uncredited)
Charles Perry
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)