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.
Movie tag line: "The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !"
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Character: James Gordon Blane
Character: Diane Blane
Character: Sheriff Nick Hoak
Character: Carol Morrow
Character: Charleen Reston
Character: Billy Giles
Character: Lester Rawlings
Character: Michael Reston
Character: Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Character: Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Character: Paul Vernon
Character: Judge David L. Johnson
Character: Court Clerk
Character: Girl at Slot Machine
Character: Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
Character: Larry Bell
Character: Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
Character: Girl by Pool
Character: Girl by Pool
Character: Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Character: Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Character: Suspect (uncredited)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Character: Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Character: Timmy Blane (uncredited)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Character: Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Character: Johnny Blane
Character: Sarah Bell (uncredited)
Character: Steward (uncredited)
Character: Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Character: Man in Courtroom (uncredited)