Incident in a Small Town

Jan 23, 1994

1h 25m

★ 6.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

RHI Entertainment

Procter & Gamble Productions

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Cast

Harmon Cobb

Walter Matthau

Judge Bell

Harry Morgan

Lily Margaret Bell

Stephanie Zimbalist

John Bell Trenton

Nick Stahl

Judge Greeves

Bernard Behrens

Madeleine

Lori Hallier

Frank Trenton

David Nerman

Joseph Baldwin

Dennis Strong

Seawright

James Blendick

Police Officer

Dee McCafferty

Nancy

Cara Pifko

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