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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Jeff Chandler as James Gordon Blane
Jeanne Crain as Diane Blane
Jack Carson as Sheriff Nick Hoak
Gail Russell as Carol Morrow
Elaine Stewart as Charleen Reston
George Tobias as Billy Giles
Edward Andrews as Lester Rawlings
Phillip Reed as Michael Reston
Edward Platt as Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
Paul Birch as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Alexander Lockwood as Paul Vernon
Edwin Jerome as Judge David L. Johnson
William Schallert as Court Clerk
June McCall as Girl at Slot Machine
Frank J. Scannell as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
Floyd Simmons as Larry Bell
Ziva Rodann as Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
Marina Orschel as Girl by Pool
Ingrid Goude as Girl by Pool
Fred Aldrich as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Beau Anderson as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mary Bayless as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Paul Bradley as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Donald Chaffin as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Richard Dale Clark as Suspect (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
George DeNormand as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
Dan Dowling as Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Elliott as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dotty Ertel as Minor Role (uncredited)
Todd Ferrell as Timmy Blane (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman as Juror (uncredited)
Helen Gereghty as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert as Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Granby as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Robert Haines as Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Juror (uncredited)
Charles Herbert as Johnny Blane
Freda Jones as Sarah Bell (uncredited)
King Lockwood as Steward (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm as Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
Maurice Marks as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Helene Marshall as Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Martin as Juror (uncredited)
Gordon Morehouse as Poker Player (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as Juror (uncredited)
Gil Perkins as Juror (uncredited)
Charles Perry as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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