Overview
Plot
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks away his days, unable to face his sexuality and his feelings for a deceased football buddy. His wife desperately wants his desire, but he resists, until a reunion with his dying father stirs memories and revelations.
- Directors
- Richard Brooks
- Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Vaughn Taylor, Larry Gates, Brian Corcoran, Zelda Cleaver, Robert 'Rusty' Stevens, Hugh Corcoran
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1958-08-29
- Studios
- Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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This story follows an alcoholic former football player who has failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his true feelings for his football buddy, who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is tormented by her desperation to make him desire her, but he continues to resist her affections. When he reunites with his father, who is dying of cancer, the encounter triggers a flood of memories and revelations for both men.
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