The Tattered Dress

Name: The Tattered Dress
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1957-03-14
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell

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

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

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.

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Jack Arnold

Written by

George Zuckerman

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Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell

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