(1956, Elia Kazan) “Possibly the dirtiest American-made motion picture that has been legally exhibited,” tsked Time, while the ads bragged, “Condemned by Cardinal Spellman!” Sicilian interloper Eli Wallach, steamed when his new cotton gin goes up in smoke, decides to revenge himself on suspect Karl Malden by seducing his thumb-sucking child bride Carroll Baker—who’s “not ready for marriage.” Incandescently directed and acted black comedy, expanded from two of his own one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. Following the screening, legendary co-stars Baker and Wallach will join author/historian Foster Hirsch for an onstage conversation.
Approx. 114 minutes

Special admission:
$12 for Film Forum members;
$20 for non-members.
7:00

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