Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1957 · 1h 33m

The Tattered Dress

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Director
Jack Arnold
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
Crew
Carl E. Guthrie — Director of Photography Edward Curtiss — Editor Frank Skinner — Original Music Composer George Zuckerman — Writer Albert Zugsmith — Producer Jay A. Morley Jr. — Costume Design
Tagline

The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
nevadaanti herocrooked lawyerfilm noircourtroomjury tamperingjealous husbandcrime of passionsmall town murdercompulsive gamblertrial lawyerflirtatious woman
Key Collaborators
Jack Arnold Director Carl E. Guthrie Director of Photography Edward Curtiss Editor Frank Skinner Original Music Composer George Zuckerman Writer Albert Zugsmith Producer Jay A. Morley Jr. Costume Design
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