Everyone in town is ready to lynch Nick Adams for the killing of an elderly,respectable gentleman. Problem is that the old guy had gone somewhat off his rocker and had become a sexual pervert in his older years. Even his wife admits this.
Richard Chamberlain plays the widower lawyer assigned to defend Adams. He goes to Claude Rains for advice. If Raymond Massey had this part, it would be Kildare in the attorney mode.
Joey Heatherton plays a tramp here, but her efforts are minimal. With a wife like her, no wonder Adams, who surprisingly received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, has gone off.
Of all people, Pat Butram plays the old sexual crow.
James Gregory gives a good performance as the prosecuting attorney, and sometimes acts as he did so famously as Angela Lansbury's idiotic senator-husband in "The Manchurian Candidate," the year before.
The picture becomes one of at first pleading guilty due to seeing your wife have sex with Butram and acting accordingly. Eventually, it becomes one of self-defense. The picture is awfully tedious at times.
Richard Chamberlain plays the widower lawyer assigned to defend Adams. He goes to Claude Rains for advice. If Raymond Massey had this part, it would be Kildare in the attorney mode.
Joey Heatherton plays a tramp here, but her efforts are minimal. With a wife like her, no wonder Adams, who surprisingly received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, has gone off.
Of all people, Pat Butram plays the old sexual crow.
James Gregory gives a good performance as the prosecuting attorney, and sometimes acts as he did so famously as Angela Lansbury's idiotic senator-husband in "The Manchurian Candidate," the year before.
The picture becomes one of at first pleading guilty due to seeing your wife have sex with Butram and acting accordingly. Eventually, it becomes one of self-defense. The picture is awfully tedious at times.