Incident in a Small Town

Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying about that but also about the fact that she never married him. When Frank tussles with Lily in her yard she applies for a restraining order, calling on the help of her father (the esteemed judge Stoddard Bell) and his partner (lawyer Harmon Cobb). The case fails and when Frank is found murdered later that night Stoddard is arrested and Cobb has a defence case on his hands.

6.667

85 min

Cast

Walter Matthau

as Harmon Cobb

Harry Morgan

as Judge Bell

Stephanie Zimbalist

as Lily Margaret Bell

Nick Stahl

as John Bell Trenton

Bernard Behrens

as Judge Greeves

Lori Hallier

as Madeleine

David Nerman

as Frank Trenton

Dennis Strong

as Joseph Baldwin

James Blendick

as Seawright

Dee McCafferty

as Police Officer

Cara Pifko

as Nancy

Director

Delbert Mann