Movie: Trouble Comes to Town

Top 6 Billed Cast

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Sheriff Porter Murdock

Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle

Cecil Tabor

Hari Rhodes
Hari Rhodes

Horace Speare

Janet MacLachlan
Janet MacLachlan

Naomi Speare

Sheree North
Sheree North

Mrs. Murdock

Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms

Billy Keith

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    A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

  • Release Date

    1973-01-10

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    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
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    English
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