The Tattered Dress
53 %|Mar 14, 1957|Crime, Drama, Romance
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 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...
Featured Crew
Jack Arnold
Director
Carl E. Guthrie
Director of Photography
George Zuckerman
Writer
Albert Zugsmith
Producer
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Bill Newberry
Art Direction
Jay A. Morley Jr.
Costume Design
John P. Austin
Set Decoration
Cast
Jeff Chandler
James Gordon Blane
Jeanne Crain
Diane Blane
Jack Carson
Sheriff Nick Hoak
Gail Russell
Carol Morrow
Elaine Stewart
Charleen Reston
George Tobias
Billy Giles
Edward Andrews
Lester Rawlings
Phillip Reed
Michael Reston
Edward Platt
Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Paul Birch
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Alexander Lockwood
Paul Vernon
Edwin Jerome
Judge David L. Johnson
William Schallert
Court Clerk
June McCall
Girl at Slot Machine
Frank J. Scannell
Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
Floyd Simmons
Larry Bell
Ziva Rodann
Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
Marina Orschel
Girl by Pool
Ingrid Goude
Girl by Pool
Fred Aldrich
Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Beau Anderson
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Donald Chaffin
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Richard Dale Clark
Suspect (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Elliott
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dotty Ertel
Minor Role (uncredited)
Todd Ferrell
Timmy Blane (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Juror (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Juror (uncredited)
Charles Herbert
Johnny Blane
Freda Jones
Sarah Bell (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Steward (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
Maurice Marks
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Helene Marshall
Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Juror (uncredited)
Gordon Morehouse
Poker Player (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Juror (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Juror (uncredited)
Charles Perry
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)