The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying about that but also about the fact that she never married him. When Frank tussles with Lily in her yard she applies for a restraining order, calling on the help of her father (the esteemed judge Stoddard Bell) and his partner (lawyer Harmon Cobb). The case fails and when Frank is found murdered later that night Stoddard is arrested and Cobb has a defence case on his hands.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Delbert MannDirector
- Cindy MyersWriter
Cast
- Walter MatthauHarmon Cobb
- Harry MorganJudge Bell
- Stephanie ZimbalistLily Margaret Bell
- Nick StahlJohn Bell Trenton
- Bernard BehrensJudge Greeves
- Lori HallierMadeleine
- David NermanFrank Trenton
- Dennis StrongJoseph Baldwin
- James BlendickSeawright
- Dee McCaffertyPolice Officer
- Cara PifkoNancy
Themes
child murder