Directed by Sidney Lumet | Starring: Marlon Brando, R.G. Armstrong, Victor Jory, Anna Magnani

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.