Incident in a Small Town

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.

Cast

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