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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

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Film details

Featuring

Richard Burton Ava Gardner Deborah Kerr
Country

USA
Year

1964
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

La Nuit De L'iguane Alternative

Synopsis

Burton plays a minister who, having chased his congregation from a service, is himself locked out of his church and now earns a living taking tours around Mexico. The film focuses on a particular trip with a group of teachers from a Christian college and the young Charlotte who is in the care of one of them. Charlotte attempts to seduce the minister and her guardian accuses him of rape. Relations between the women and minister break down hopelessly as he suffers one of his recurring spells of nervous collapse.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon
    
    Richard Burton
  - Maxine Faulk
    
    Ava Gardner
  - Hannah Jelkes
    
    Deborah Kerr
  - Charlotte Goodall
    
    Sue Lyon
  - Hank Prosner
    
    Ward, James
  - Judith Fellowes
    
    Grayson Hall
  - Nonno
    
    Cyril Delevanti
  - Miss Peebles
    
    Mary Boylan
  - [Miss Dexter]
    
    Gladys Hill
  - [Miss Throxton]
    
    Billie Matticks
  - [Pepe]
    
    Fidelmar Duran
  - [Pedro]
    
    Roberto Leyva
  - [Chang]
    
    C.G. Kim
  - [teacher]
    
    Eloise Hardt
  - [teacher]
    
    Thelda Victor
  - [teacher]
    
    Betty Proctor
  - [teacher]
    
    Dorothy Vance
  - [teacher]
    
    Liz Ruby
  - [teacher]
    
    Bernice Starr
  - [teacher]
    
    Barbara Joyce
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    John Huston
  - ©
    
    Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Presents
    
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Presents
    
    Seven Arts Productions
  - Produced by
    
    Ray Stark
  - Associate Producer
    
    Alexander Whitelaw
  - Production Executive
    
    Abe Steinberg
  - Associate to Mr Huston
    
    Gladys Hill
  - Production Manager
    
    Clarence Eurist
  - [Associate Director]
    
    Emilio Fernández
  - Assistant Director
    
    Tom Shaw
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Angela Allen
  - Screenplay by
    
    Anthony Veiller
  - Screenplay by
    
    John Huston
  - From the play by
    
    Tennessee Williams
  - Director of Photography
    
    Gabriel Figueroa
  - [Camera Operator]
    
    Manuel González
  - Film Editor
    
    Ralph Kemplen
  - Art Director
    
    Stephen Grimes
  - Costumes by
    
    Dorothy Jeakins
  - Make-up
    
    Jack Obringer
  - Hair Styles Created by
    
    Sydney Guilaroff
  - Hair Styles Executed by
    
    Agnes Flanagan
  - Music Composed/Conducted by
    
    Benjamin Frankel
  - Sound
    
    Basil Fenton-Smith
  - [Sound]
    
    Leslie Hodgson
  - Sound System
    
    Westrex Recording System
  - Adapted from the...stage production
    
    Charles Bowden
  - Adapted from the...stage production
    
    Two Rivers Enterprises Inc.

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