"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."
Marlon Brando
as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Anna Magnani
as Lady Torrance
Joanne Woodward
as Carol Cutrere
Victor Jory
as Jabe Torrance
Maureen Stapleton
as Vee Talbot
R.G. Armstrong
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Emory Richardson
as Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
Madame Spivy
as Ruby Lightfoot
Sally Gracie
as Dolly Hamma
Lucille Benson
as Beulah Binnings
John Baragrey
as David Cutrere
Virgilia Chew
as Nurse Porter
Ben Yaffee
as 'Dog' Hamma
Joe Brown Jr.
as 'Pee Wee' Binnings
Mary Perry
as
Neil Harrison
Janice Mars
as Gas Station Attendant's Wife
Frank L. Thompson
Costume Supervisor
Sidney Lumet
Director
Boris Kaufman
Director of Photography
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Richard Shepherd
Producer
Martin Jurow
Carl Lerner
Editor
Kenyon Hopkins
Music
Gene Callahan
Set Decoration
Larry Duran
Stunts
George Justin
Associate Producer
Phil Rhodes
Makeup Artist
Steve Bono
Production Manager
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Director
Robert Jiras
Philip Gleason
Sound Recordist
Mary Roche
Hairstylist
James A. Gleason
Saul Midwall
Camera Operator
Harold Posner
Assistant Camera
Costume Design
Meade Roberts
Screenplay
Tennessee Williams
Original Film Writer