Incident in a Small Town

Incident in a Small Town

NR 1994 · 85 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Delbert Mann · Written by Cindy Myers

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Walter Matthau Harmon Cobb
Harry Morgan Judge Bell
Stephanie Zimbalist Lily Margaret Bell
Nick Stahl John Bell Trenton
Bernard Behrens Judge Greeves
Lori Hallier Madeleine
David Nerman Frank Trenton
Dennis Strong Joseph Baldwin
James Blendick Seawright
Dee McCafferty Police Officer
Cara Pifko Nancy

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