Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying about that but also about the fact that she never married him. When Frank tussles with Lily in her yard she applies for a restraining order, calling on the help of her father (the esteemed judge Stoddard Bell) and his partner (lawyer Harmon Cobb). The case fails and when Frank is found murdered later that night Stoddard is arrested and Cobb has a defence case on his hands.
Walter Matthau
as Harmon Cobb
Harry Morgan
as Judge Bell
Stephanie Zimbalist
as Lily Margaret Bell
Nick Stahl
as John Bell Trenton
Bernard Behrens
as Judge Greeves
Lori Hallier
as Madeleine
David Nerman
as Frank Trenton
Dennis Strong
as Joseph Baldwin
James Blendick
as Seawright
Dee McCafferty
as Police Officer
Cara Pifko
as Nancy
