An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

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Cast

Laurence Olivier

Big Daddy

Maureen Stapleton

Big Mama

Jack Hedley

Gooper

Robert Wagner

Brick

Mary Peach

Mae

Natalie Wood

Margaret

George Harris

Sookey

David Healy

Dog Baugh