Synopsis
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her 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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack ArnoldDirector
- George ZuckermanWriter
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeff ChandlerJames Gordon Blane
- Jeanne CrainDiane Blane
- Jack CarsonSheriff Nick Hoak
- Gail RussellCarol Morrow
- Elaine StewartCharleen Reston
- George TobiasBilly Giles
- Edward AndrewsLester Rawlings
- Phillip ReedMichael Reston
- Edward PlattRalph Adams, Reporter
- Paul BirchProsecutor Frank Mitchell
- Alexander LockwoodPaul Vernon
- Edwin JeromeJudge David L. Johnson
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Themes
nevadaanti herocrooked lawyerfilm noircourtroomjury tamperingjealous husbandcrime of passionsmall town murdercompulsive gamblertrial lawyerflirtatious woman