Valerie

Taking its basic plot device from Kurosawa’s Rashomon, this western examines the events that led up the maiming of a young wife and the slaughter of her parents. The story begins as the accused, the wife’s husband stands trial. The testimony from three disparate witnesses comprises the rest of the story., Drama with a rancher arrested for wounding his wife and murdering her parents., Sterling Hayden stars in this Western ‘whodunit, A crime of murder out West is told in differing versions, a la “Rashomon.” Sterling Hayden. Valerie: Anita Ekberg. Herb: Peter Walker. Reverend Blake: Anthony Steel. Gerd Oswald directed.