The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Leonard HeidemanScreenplay
- Emmett MurphyScreenplay
- Gerd OswaldDirector
- Albert GlasserOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sterling HaydenJohn Garth
- Anita EkbergValerie Horvat
- Anthony SteelReverend Steven Blake
- Peter WalkerHerb Garth
- Jered BarclayJim Mingo
- Iphigenie CastiglioniMrs. Horvat
- John WengrafMr. Louis Horvat
- Gage ClarkeJonathan Griggs
- Tom McKeeDave Carlin
- Sydney SmithJudge Frisbee
- Bob AdlerLundy
- Stanley AdamsDr. Jackson
Stills
Themes
violent husbandranchbeautiful womancourtroomsadistic torturetold in flashbackjealous husbandconflict with in-lawhonor killingabusive husbandfailed marriagesadistic husband