The Night of the Iguana

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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

NR 1964-08-06 (US) Drama, Romance 1h 58m

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

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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.

John Huston

Director, Screenplay
Anthony Veiller

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Richard Burton

Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Ava Gardner

Maxine Faulk
Deborah Kerr

Hannah Jelkes
Sue Lyon

Charlotte Goodall
Skip Ward

Hank Prosner
Grayson Hall

Judith Fellowes
Cyril Delevanti

Nonno
Mary Boylan

Miss Peebles
Gladys Hill

Mlle Dexter (uncredited)
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Written by Wuchak on June 6, 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... read the rest.

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