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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood
Crew: Richard Brooks (Director), Lawrence Weingarten (Producer), Tennessee Williams (Theatre Play), William H. Daniels (Director of Photography), Richard Brooks (Screenplay), James Poe (Screenplay)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: 108 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 29, 1958
IMDb: 3.4
Keywords:dying and death, depression, individual, suicide, jealousy, husband wife relationship, southern usa, mississippi river, plantation, patriarch, based on play or musical, inheritance, sibling rivalry, brother against brother, cynical, alcoholic, dying father, angry, family conflicts, father son conflict, southern gothic, anxious, star athlete, cotton plantation, mississippi, authoritarian, condescending
