Movie: Incident in a Small Town

Top 10 Billed Cast

Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau

Harmon Cobb

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan

Judge Bell

Stephanie Zimbalist
Stephanie Zimbalist

Lily Margaret Bell

Nick Stahl
Nick Stahl

John Bell Trenton

Bernard Behrens
Bernard Behrens

Judge Greeves

Lori Hallier
Lori Hallier

Madeleine

David Nerman
David Nerman

Frank Trenton

Dennis Strong
Dennis Strong

Joseph Baldwin

James Blendick
James Blendick

Seawright

Dee McCafferty
Dee McCafferty

Police Officer

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1994-01-23

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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