The Tattered Dress

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.

5.2

93 min

Cast

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)

Director

Jack Arnold