An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
Rita Hayworth
as Josephine Brown / Jo Morris
Anthony Franciosa
as Victor Santini
Gig Young
as Larry Ellis
Mildred Dunnock
as Mrs. Ellis
Hugh Griffith
as Judge Edgar Neilsen
Sanford Meisner
as Phil Stanley
Robert Burton
as District Attorney Nordeau
Alfred Ryder
as Lt. Mike Morris
Katherine Squire
as Mrs. Hattie Brown
Raymond Greenleaf
as Judge Carey
Myrna Fahey
as Alice
Leo Penn
as Morrie Goetz