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The Night of the Iguana( 1964)

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One man... three women... one night

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Burton

      Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon

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      Ava Gardner

      Maxine Faulk

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      Deborah Kerr

      Hannah Jelkes

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      Sue Lyon

      Charlotte Goodall

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      Skip Ward

      Hank Prosner

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      Grayson Hall

      Judith Fellowes

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      Cyril Delevanti

      Nonno

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      Mary Boylan

      Miss Peebles

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      Gladys Hill

      Mlle Dexter (uncredited)

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      Emilio Fernández

      Barkeeper (uncredited)

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      Eloise Hardt

      Teacher (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sun Jun 06 2021
    _**Melodrama on the Mexican Coast with Burton, Gardner and Kerr**_ Released in 1964 and directed by John Huston based on Tennessee Williams' play, "The Night of the Iguana" stars Richard Burton as a defrocked Episcopal minister who resorts to a job leading bus tours on the Mexican west coast. As he guides a group of middle-aged Baptist women to Puerto Vallarta, he struggles with the attentions of a teen sexpot (Sue Lyon) and the antagonism of her curmudgeonly ward (Grayson Hall). The group ends up at a bed & breakfast where the effervescent proprietor (Ava Gardner) and a spiritual artist (De...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    12000000.00

    Keywords

    • hotel
    • mexico
    • bus
    • tourist
    • minister
    • poet
    • bus driver
    • based on play or musical
    • tourist guide
    • priest
    • tour bus
    • church
    • alcoholic
    • guide
    • broken glass
    • sketch artist
    • iguana
    • spinster
    • hammock
    • introspective