"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.
James Gordon Blane

Diane Blane

Sheriff Nick Hoak

Carol Morrow

Charleen Reston

Billy Giles

Lester Rawlings

Michael Reston

Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)

Prosecutor Frank Mitchell

Paul Vernon

Judge David L. Johnson

Court Clerk

Girl at Slot Machine
Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)

Larry Bell

Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)

Girl by Pool
Girl by Pool

Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)

Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Suspect (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Timmy Blane (uncredited)
Juror (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
Juror (uncredited)
Johnny Blane

Sarah Bell (uncredited)
Steward (uncredited)
Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Juror (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Juror (uncredited)

Juror (uncredited)
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)