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Valerie (1957)

NR 08/01/1957 (US) Western, Drama, Crime 1h 22m

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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.

Gerd Oswald

Director
Emmett Murphy

Screenplay
Leonard Heideman

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Sterling Hayden

John Garth
Anita Ekberg

Valerie Horvat
Anthony Steel

Reverend Steven Blake
Peter Walker

Herb Garth
Jered Barclay

Jim Mingo
Iphigenie Castiglioni

Mrs. Horvat
John Wengraf

Mr. Louis Horvat
Gage Clarke

Jonathan Griggs
Tom McKee

Dave Carlin
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on November 4, 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... read the rest.

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