Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Karl Malden d/ Elia Kazan
Tennessee Williams yarn set in delta country where cotton is king and marrying an underage nymphet is guaranteed to bring trouble.
High quality production with superb direction by Kazan. The extended seduction sequence on the swing and elsewhere was brilliantly staged and shot. Wallach skirted the line but never quite slid over into sleaze. CB was excellent as the child-woman who meets her match. Malden's character was overplayed but he was supposed to be a bellowing, sexually frustrated buffoon...and he was...annoyingly.
This shocked when it was released (1955) and still packs some heat. Well worth watching for the excellence on display.
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