The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
122 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Tennessee WilliamsScreenplay
- Meade RobertsScreenplay
- Kenyon HopkinsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marlon BrandoValentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
- Anna MagnaniLady Torrance
- Joanne WoodwardCarol Cutrere
- Victor JoryJabe Torrance
- Maureen StapletonVee Talbot
- R.G. ArmstrongSheriff Jordan Talbott
- Emory RichardsonUncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
- Madame SpivyRuby Lightfoot
- Sally GracieDolly Hamma
- Lucille BensonBeulah Binnings
- John BaragreyDavid Cutrere
- Virgilia ChewNurse Porter
Stills
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Themes
black and white
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