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Four Oscar-winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—shine in this enthralling film, which also brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams. A smoldering, snakeskin-jacketed Brando is Val Xavier, a drifter trying to go straight. He finds work and solace in a small-town southern variety store run by the married, sexually frustrated Lady Torrance (Magnani), who proves as much a temptation for Val as does local wild child Carol Cutrere (Woodward). Lumet captures the intense, fearless performances and Williams’s hot-blooded storytelling and social critique with his customary restraint, resulting in a drama of uncommon sophistication and craft.
Original Release
04/14/1960
US Release
04/14/1960
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlon Brando | Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier / Valentine Xavier |
Anna Magnani | Lady Torrance |
Joanne Woodward | Carol Cutrere |
Maureen Stapleton | Vee Talbot |
Victor Jory | Jabe Torrance |
R.G. Armstrong | Sheriff Jordan Talbot / Sheriff Jordan Talbott |
Virgilia Chew | Nurse Porter |
Ben Yaffee | 'Dog' Hamma |
Joe Brown Jr. | 'Pee Wee' Binnings |
Mary Perry |
Directors
Writers
Tennessee Williams, Meade Roberts
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlon Brando | Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier / Valentine Xavier |
Anna Magnani | Lady Torrance |
Joanne Woodward | Carol Cutrere |
Maureen Stapleton | Vee Talbot |
Victor Jory | Jabe Torrance |
R.G. Armstrong | Sheriff Jordan Talbot / Sheriff Jordan Talbott |
Virgilia Chew | Nurse Porter |
Ben Yaffee | 'Dog' Hamma |
Joe Brown Jr. | 'Pee Wee' Binnings |
Mary Perry | |
Madame Spivy | Ruby Lightfoot |
John Baragrey | David Cutrere |
Sally Gracie | Dolly Hamma |
Lucille Benson | Beulah Binnings |
Emory Richardson | Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man / Uncle Pleasant |
Neil Harrison | (as Nell Harrison) |
Janice Mars | Gas Station Attendant's Wife |
Jeanne Barr | Bit Part |
Frank Borgman | Gas Station Attendant |
Debbie Lynch | Lonely Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martin Jurow | Producer |
George Justin | Producer |
Richard Shepherd | Producer |