Incident in a Small Town

The story

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.

In the same saga

Harmon Cobb Collection

In release order

The Incident

1990

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

1992

This film

Incident in a Small Town

1994

Cast

W Walter MatthauHarmon Cobb H Harry MorganJudge Bell S Stephanie ZimbalistLily Margaret Bell N Nick StahlJohn Bell Trenton B Bernard BehrensJudge Greeves L Lori HallierMadeleine D David NermanFrank Trenton D Dennis StrongJoseph Baldwin J James BlendickSeawright D Dee McCaffertyPolice Officer C Cara PifkoNancy