Fresh
Direction by John Huston is resourceful and dynamic as he sympathetically weaves together the often-vague and philosophical threads that mark Tennessee Williams' writing.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Night of the Iguana
One man... three women... one night
1964 · 1h 58m · Approved
Drama, Romance
Directed by
John Huston
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The Night of the Iguana
Overview
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Director and cast
- John Huston Director
- Richard Burton as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
- Ava Gardner as Maxine Faulk
- Deborah Kerr as Hannah Jelkes
- Sue Lyon as Charlotte Goodall
- Skip Ward as Hank Prosner
- Grayson Hall as Judith Fellowes
- Cyril Delevanti as Nonno
- Mary Boylan as Miss Peebles
- Gladys Hill as Mlle Dexter
- Emilio Fernández Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Rotten
No one but Tennessee Williams could have concocted it, but anyone other than John Huston should have directed it.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Mr. Huston has got some scenic beauty of the Mexican coast here and there in black-and-white. But the setting, at the last, becomes monotonous -- just like the all-talk, no-play film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Films of Tennessee Williams' plays now often look very artificial and overwrought, but with this Huston came up with one of the best.
Time Out
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