‘The Tattered Dress’ Starring Jeanne Crain Makes Its TCM Network Premiere Today

Today, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars is celebrating actress Jeanne Crain with a 12-film lineup that includes the network premiere of The Tattered Dress, on its 67th anniversary.

Jeanne Crain and Jeff Chandler Everett Collection

The Tattered Dress, which opened in theaters on August 20, 1957, is a film noir directed by Jack Arnold that follows a lawyer named James Blane (Jeff Chandler) who is a notoriously unfaithful husband to his wife, played by Jeanne Crain. Summoned to a small town in Nevada, Blane must defend a wealthy socialite (Phillip Reed) on trial for the murder of a bartender who may have assaulted his wife (Elaine Stewart). Blane’s defense angers the murder victim’s friend, who happens to also be the local sheriff, and soon Blane himself is framed for a crime he didn’t commit.

Gail Russell and Jeff Chandler Courtesy of Everett

All Jeanne Crain Films Airing

6am Skyjacked (1972)

8am Guns of the Timberland (1960)

9:30am The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

11:30am Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

1pm The Tattered Dress (1957)

2:30pm State Fair (1945)

4pm A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

6:15pm Pinky (1949)

8pm Margie (1946)

10pm The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)

12am People Will Talk (1951)

2:15am Twenty Plus Two (1961)

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