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Valerie( 1957)

TV-MAWesternDramaCrime
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Was she guilty of the sins for which she stood accused?

Overview

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sterling Hayden

      John Garth

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      Anita Ekberg

      Valerie Horvat

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      Anthony Steel

      Reverend Steven Blake

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      Peter Walker

      Herb Garth

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      Jered Barclay

      Jim Mingo

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      Iphigenie Castiglioni

      Mrs. Horvat

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      John Wengraf

      Mr. Louis Horvat

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      Gage Clarke

      Jonathan Griggs

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      Tom McKee

      Dave Carlin

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      Sydney Smith

      Judge Frisbee

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      Bob Adler

      Lundy

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      Stanley Adams

      Dr. Jackson

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      Malcolm Atterbury

      Sheriff

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      Juney Ellis

      Nurse Linsey

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      John Dierkes

      Bartender

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      Norman Leavitt

      Linsey

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      Darryl Duran

      Earl Davis

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Nov 04 2013
    Sinner or Sinned Against? Valerie is directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Leonard Heiderman and Emmett Murphy. It stars Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel. Music is by Albert Glasser and cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. John Garth (Hayden) is arrested and put on trial for the wounding of his wife Valerie (Ekberg) and murder of her parents. The trial hinges on three testimonies, each telling in flashback what actually unfolded to lead up to the bloodshed. But who is telling the truth? Set in the West, a murder mystery with a noirish edge, with crisp black and white photog...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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