After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly...
| Directing | Jack Arnold | Director |
| Camera | Carl E. Guthrie | Director of Photography |
| Writing | George Zuckerman | Writer |
| Production | Albert Zugsmith | Producer |
| Editing | Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Art | Bill Newberry | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jay A. Morley Jr. | Costume Design |
| Art | John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Sound | Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Sound | Robert Pritchard | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | David Silver | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Clifford Stine | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irving Bacon | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nick Marcellino | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Sergei Petschnikoff | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | David Silver | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ray DeCamp | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Donald Cunliffe | Sound |
| Sound | Edwin S. Hall | Sound |
| Sound | Henry Janssen | Sound |
| Camera | William Reisbord | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Richard Walling | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Lloyd Ward | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rose Brandi | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman Mayreis | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Joseff | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Joseph Gershenson | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Henry Mancini | Music |
| Sound | Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Crew | Lon Jones | Unit Publicist |
