Overview
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
DirectorSidney Lumet
ProducersRichard Shepherd, Martin Jurow
ScreenplayTennessee Williams, Meade Roberts
Top Casts
Marlon Brando
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Anna Magnani
Lady Torrance
Joanne Woodward
Carol Cutrere
Victor Jory
Jabe Torrance
Maureen Stapleton
Vee Talbot
R.G. Armstrong
Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Emory Richardson
Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
Madame Spivy
Ruby Lightfoot
Sally Gracie
Dolly Hamma
Lucille Benson
Beulah Binnings
Details
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesPennebaker Productions, United Artists
TaglineWith a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...
