Movie
The Tattered Dress
Released: March 14, 1957 (1957)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genres: Crime, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- George Tobias as Billy Giles
Age at release: 55
- Phillip Reed as Michael Reston
Age at release: 48
- Jack Carson as Sheriff Nick Hoak
Age at release: 46
- Paul Birch as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Age at release: 45
- Edward Andrews as Lester Rawlings
Age at release: 42
- Edward Platt as Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Age at release: 41
- Jeff Chandler as James Gordon Blane
Age at release: 38
- Gail Russell as Carol Morrow
Age at release: 32
- Jeanne Crain as Diane Blane
Age at release: 31
- Elaine Stewart as Charleen Reston
Age at release: 26
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- Edwin Jerome as Judge David L. Johnson
Age at release: 71
- Mary Bayless as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Chet Brandenburg as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Paul Bradley as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
- Alexander Lockwood as Paul Vernon
Age at release: 54
- Jack Del Rio as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
- Frank J. Scannell as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
Age at release: 53
- George DeNormand as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- Fred Aldrich as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- Ralph Brooks as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- Charles J. Conrad as Reporter (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- William Schallert as Court Clerk
Age at release: 34
- Floyd Simmons as Larry Bell
Age at release: 33
- June McCall as Girl at Slot Machine
Age at release: 22
- Ziva Rodann as Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
Age at release: 22
- Marina Orschel as Girl by Pool
Age at release: 19
- Ingrid Goude as Girl by Pool
Age at release: Unknown
- Beau Anderson as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Donald Chaffin as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Richard Dale Clark as Suspect (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown