Overview
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Details
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writer
- Tennessee Williams
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $3,000,000
Cast
Brian Corcoran
Burl Ives
Elizabeth Taylor
Jack Carson
Judith Anderson
Larry Gates
Madeleine Sherwood
Paul Newman
Vaughn Taylor
Zelda Cleaver
Keywords
alcoholic
angry
anxious
authoritarian
based on play or musical
brother against brother
condescending
cotton plantation
cynical
daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
depression
dying and death
dying father
family conflict
father son conflict
husband wife relationship
individual
inheritance
jealousy
mississippi
mississippi river
patriarch
plantation
sibling rivalry
southern gothic
southern usa
star athlete
suicide
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