Orpheus descending / Turner Pictures presents a Nederlander Production ; produced by George Manasse ; screen adaptation by Peter Hall ; directed by Peter Hall.
Title from container. Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Anderson, Anne Twomey, Miriam Margolyes, Brad Sullivan. Originally broadcast as a made for TV movie in 1990. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.
Summary:
Lady Torrance lives a loveless life in a boring southern town, until Val, a handsome young stranger in a snakeskin jacket, brings out her long-forgotten sexual passion. While they give in to their forbidden desires, Lady's tyrannical husband lies dying. Jabe Torrance may be too weak physically to satisfy his wife, but his Klan is powerful enough to kill the flame between the lovers and burn the body of the young man who fired her lust.
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