The Night of the Iguana
Dir: John HustonCast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
118mins 1964 English | Spanish | Italian Certificate: 12A English
The Night of the Iguana
Part of our Tennessee Williams Season
Lusty defrocked minister Lawrence Shannon is a tour guide in Mexico.
Leading a tourist group from a Baptist women's college, he finds it difficult to avoid acting on his attraction to Charlotte, the young niece of the group's leader, Judith Fellowes.
When Fellowes swears to ruin him, Shannon strands the bus at a hotel to seek advice from the manager, an old friend.
Over the course of one night, the alcoholic Shannon spirals out of control.
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