
The Damned Don't Cry(1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.


“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.

Jeff 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)

Paul Birch
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
The Tattered Dress is a crime, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of nevada, anti hero, crooked lawyer, film noir, courtroom, jury tampering. Directed by Jack Arnold, it stars Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson. 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.
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