Rather benign or shall I say trashy version of the William Faulkner novel.
Margaret Leighton comes across as the inevitable mix of Blanche DuBois and Scarlett O'Hara. An alcoholic southerner, Leighton is a woman caught up in the dysfunctional pattern of the Compson Family. Returning home after many years to find the family in complete disarray, Leighton, a wayward woman, is beset by problems.
The head of this clan is none other than Yul Brynner, who is authoritarian as the stepbrother to Leighton. He runs the family with a firm hand and gives orders out at the beginning as if he is talking to Moses in Egypt.
Stuart Whitman thinks he is the drifter in the tradition of William Holden in "Picnic," but is ready to sell out for the all-mighty buck.
Ethel Waters in the family maid. She thinks she is sly in the tradition of Mammie in "Gone With the Wind,"
As Leighton's frustrated and oppressed daughter, Joanne Woodward's character really never develops, as is the case with Leighton.
Jack Warden, as the mute, never utters a word here in the tradition of Boo in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Margaret Leighton comes across as the inevitable mix of Blanche DuBois and Scarlett O'Hara. An alcoholic southerner, Leighton is a woman caught up in the dysfunctional pattern of the Compson Family. Returning home after many years to find the family in complete disarray, Leighton, a wayward woman, is beset by problems.
The head of this clan is none other than Yul Brynner, who is authoritarian as the stepbrother to Leighton. He runs the family with a firm hand and gives orders out at the beginning as if he is talking to Moses in Egypt.
Stuart Whitman thinks he is the drifter in the tradition of William Holden in "Picnic," but is ready to sell out for the all-mighty buck.
Ethel Waters in the family maid. She thinks she is sly in the tradition of Mammie in "Gone With the Wind,"
As Leighton's frustrated and oppressed daughter, Joanne Woodward's character really never develops, as is the case with Leighton.
Jack Warden, as the mute, never utters a word here in the tradition of Boo in "To Kill a Mockingbird."