The Tattered Dress (1957)
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her 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.
Director: Jack Arnold
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Jeff Chandler as James Gordon Blane |
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Jeanne Crain as Diane Blane |
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Jack Carson as Sheriff Nick Hoak |
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Gail Russell as Carol Morrow |
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Elaine Stewart as Charleen Reston |
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George Tobias as Billy Giles |
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Edward Andrews as Lester Rawlings |
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Phillip Reed as Michael Reston |
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Edward Platt as Ralph Adams, Reporter |
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Paul Birch as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell |
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Alexander Lockwood as Paul Vernon |
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Edwin Jerome as Judge David L. Johnson |
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William Schallert as Court Clerk |
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June McCall as Girl at Slot Machine |
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Frank J. Scannell as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer |
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Floyd Simmons as Larry Bell |
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Ziva Rodann as Woman on Train |
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Marina Orschel as Girl by Pool |
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Ingrid Goude as Girl by Pool |
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Fred Aldrich as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited) |
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Beau Anderson as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Mary Bayless as Casino Patron (uncredited) |
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Paul Bradley as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Chet Brandenburg as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited) |
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Ralph Brooks as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited) |
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Donald Chaffin as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Richard Dale Clark as Suspect (uncredited) |
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Charles J. Conrad as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jack Del Rio as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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George DeNormand as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited) |
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Dan Dowling as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jerry Elliott as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Dotty Ertel as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Todd Ferrell as Timmy Blane (uncredited) |
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Raoul Freeman as Juror (uncredited) |
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Helen Gereghty as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Joe Gilbert as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Joseph Granby as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited) |
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Robert Haines as Stenotype Operator (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton as Juror (uncredited) |
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Charles Herbert as Johnny Blane |
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Freda Jones as Sarah Bell (uncredited) |
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King Lockwood as Steward (uncredited) |
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Robert Malcolm as Elderly Citizen (uncredited) |
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Maurice Marks as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Helene Marshall as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Thomas Martin as Juror (uncredited) |
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Gordon Morehouse as Poker Player (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Juror (uncredited) |
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Gil Perkins as Juror (uncredited) |
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Charles Perry as Man in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Camera | Carl E. Guthrie | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Directing | Jack Arnold | Director |
| Writing | George Zuckerman | Writer |
| Production | Albert Zugsmith | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Clifford Stine | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | David Silver | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Robert Pritchard | Sound |
| Sound | Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Sound | Edwin S. Hall | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irving Bacon | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Lloyd Ward | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Donald Cunliffe | Sound |
| Sound | Henry Mancini | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nick Marcellino | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Lon Jones | Unit Publicist |
| Directing | Ray DeCamp | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Sound | Joseph Gershenson | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | David Silver | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman Mayreis | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Sound | Henry Janssen | Sound |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sergei Petschnikoff | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Richard Walling | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rose Brandi | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Camera | William Reisbord | Assistant Camera |
| Art | John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bill Newberry | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jay A. Morley Jr. | Costume Design |