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.

Top 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