Valerie

Valerie

Valerie

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Valerie

"Was she guilty of the sins for which she stood accused?"

1957

1h 22m

4.6(17 votes)

Western

Drama

Crime

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.

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United Artists

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

John Garth

Anita Ekberg

Anita Ekberg

Valerie Horvat

Anthony Steel

Anthony Steel

Reverend Steven Blake

Peter Walker

Peter Walker

Herb Garth

Jered Barclay

Jered Barclay

Jim Mingo

Iphigenie Castiglioni

Iphigenie Castiglioni

Mrs. Horvat

John Wengraf

John Wengraf

Mr. Louis Horvat

Gage Clarke

Gage Clarke

Jonathan Griggs

Tom McKee

Dave Carlin

Sydney Smith

Judge Frisbee

Creative team

Directed by: Gerd Oswald
Written by: Leonard Heideman
Emmett Murphy
Produced by: Hal R. Makelim

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