

The Tattered Dress
Visit website5.6/10 • 16
1957-03-14 • 1h 33m
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 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.
- Directors
- Jack Arnold
- Writters
- George Zuckerman
- Editors
- Edward Curtiss

The Tattered Dress
Visit website1957-03-14 • 1h 33m
5.6/10 • 16
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 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.
- Directors
- Jack Arnold
- Writters
- George Zuckerman
- Editors
- Edward Curtiss
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJeff 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)
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- English
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- Keywords
- nevadaanti herocrooked lawyerfilm noircourtroomjury tamperingjealous husbandcrime of passionsmall town murdercompulsive gamblertrial lawyerflirtatious womanloyal wifecorrupt sheriffclothes rippedflawed herogun deathwife cheating on husbandcriminal defense attorneyopenly flirtatious wifeopenly adulterous wifelawyer defends himselftorn dress