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.
as James Gordon Blane
as Diane Blane
as Sheriff Nick Hoak
as Carol Morrow
as Charleen Reston
as Billy Giles
as Lester Rawlings
as Michael Reston
as Ralph Adams, Reporter (as Edward C. Platt)
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
as Paul Vernon
as Judge David L. Johnson
as Court Clerk
as Girl at Slot Machine
as Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
as Larry Bell
as Woman on Train (as Ziva Shapir)
as Girl by Pool
as Girl by Pool
as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Man on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Suspect (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Reporter on Courthouse Steps (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Timmy Blane (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
as Stenotype Operator (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Johnny Blane
as Sarah Bell (uncredited)
as Steward (uncredited)
as Elderly Citizen (uncredited)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
