Writers: Tennessee Williams, Meade Roberts
Composer: Kenyon Hopkins
Starring: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Lucille Benson
More info: IMDb
Tagline: ...and now the screen is struck by lightning!
Plot: Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
My rating: 6.5/10
Will I watch it again? No.
It feels like a stage play (which it was) but the filmmakers do a good job of trying to eliminate as much of the staginess as probably possible. The performances are strong but the movie drags. It's a drama and there's a lot of drama being slung around. I did get a kick out of seeing Lucille Benson. She's a hoot in DUEL (1971) and 1941 (1979). I dug it for the most part but the dreariness wore me down after an hour and then for me, it was all about getting to the end. And the ending? It's even more of a downer than the rest of the picture. The MGM DVD has no extras and presents the film in non-anamorphic widescreen.
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