"With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women..."

1960

1h 59m

6.9(109 votes)

Romance

Drama

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.

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17 members

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Marlon Brando

Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

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Anna Magnani

Lady Torrance

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Joanne Woodward

Carol Cutrere

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Victor Jory

Jabe Torrance

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Maureen Stapleton

Vee Talbot

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R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Jordan Talbott

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Emory Richardson

Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man

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Madame Spivy

Ruby Lightfoot

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Sally Gracie

Dolly Hamma

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Lucille Benson

Beulah Binnings

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John Baragrey

David Cutrere

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Virgilia Chew

Nurse Porter

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Ben Yaffee

'Dog' Hamma

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Joe Brown Jr.

'Pee Wee' Binnings

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Mary Perry

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Neil Harrison

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Janice Mars

Gas Station Attendant's Wife

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