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.
Keywords:
Nevada
Anti hero
Crooked lawyer
Film noir
Courtroom
Jury tampering
Jealous husband
Crime of passion
Small town murder
Compulsive gambler
Trial lawyer
Flirtatious woman
Loyal wife
Corrupt sheriff
Clothes ripped
Flawed hero
Gun death
Wife cheating on husband
Criminal defense attorney
Openly flirtatious wife
Openly adulterous wife
Lawyer defends himself
Torn dress
Movie tag line: "The story of The Tattered Dress ... that exposed a town's hidden evil !"
