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U.S. Army Major Weldon Penderton (Marlon Brando) is stationed on a base in the American south. He and his wife Leonora Penderton (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) are in an unsatisfying marriage. Weldon is generally a solitary man who in his time alone tries to bolster his self image as he feels less than adequate as a man and a Major. He does not want to viewed like Captain Murray Weincheck (Irvin Dugan), who has been bypassed for promotion time and time again solely because he is seen as being too sensitive. Self absorbed Leonora, when not focused on her passion of horses and riding, tries to maintain the façade of being what she sees an officers wife should be while she carries on an affair with their next door neighbor, married Lieutenant Colonel Morris Langdon (Brian Keith). Morris wife, Alison Langdon (Julie Harris), suffered a nervous breakdown three years ago after miscarrying her child, she is still with that nervous constitution. Alison is generally drawn toward sensitive types, such as Captain Weincheck and their faithful flamboyant Filipino houseboy, Anacleto (Zorro David). Peripheral to the Pendertons lives is brooding Private L.G. Williams (Robert Forster), who Leonora knows as the enlisted man who works at the stables, and who Weldon asks to do some work around their house. While Weldon secretly becomes fixated on Williams, Williams in turn becomes secretly fixated on Leonora. The question becomes what emotions, many of those emotions being latent, will dictate what actions each of these people will make.
A U.S. Army base somewhere in the south, late 1940s/early 1950s. A quiet, relatively unimportant base, it is the model of serenity. On this base, we have Major Weldon Penderton (Marlon Brando), a lecturer in military tactics and strategy. Hes married to Leonora (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). Theres also Lieutenant Colonel Morris Langton (Brian Keith) and his wife Alison (Julie Harris). On the surface, everything appears normal and uneventful. However, dig a bit deeper and youll see that there is no passion in the Pendertons marriage - they barely tolerate each other. Mrs. Penderton is having an affair with Lieutenant Colonel Morris Langdon (Brian Keith). Mrs Langdon (Julie Harris) has mental issues. Then theres the strange, voyeuristic, repressed Private L.G. Williams (Robert Forster).
Elizabeth Taylor
Leonora Penderton
Marlon Brando
Maj. Weldon Penderton
Brian Keith
Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Julie Harris
Alison Langdon
Zorro David
Anacleto
Gordon Mitchell
Stables Sergeant
Irvin Dugan
Capt. Murray Weincheck
Fay Sparks
Susie
Robert Forster
Pvt. L.G. Williams
Ed Metzger
Pvt. Frank Brian
Ted Beniades
Sergeant
John Callaghan
Private
Jed Curtis
Accordionist
Frank Flanagan
General Sugar
Trent Gough
Soldier
Harvey Keitel
Soldier
Al Mulock
Private
Robert Rietty
Anacleto
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