The Sound and the Fury (1959)

NR03/27/1959Drama1h 50m
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William Faulkner's blistering story of love that breaks the unwritten commandment !

Overview

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Yul Brynner

    Jason Compson

  2. Cast 1

    Joanne Woodward

    Quentin Compson / Narrator

  3. Cast 1

    Margaret Leighton

    Caddy Compson

  4. Cast 1

    Stuart Whitman

    Charlie Busch

  5. Cast 1

    Ethel Waters

    Dilsey

  6. Cast 1

    Jack Warden

    Ben Compson

  7. Cast 1

    Albert Dekker

    Earl Snopes

  8. Cast 1

    John Beal

    Howard Compson

  9. Cast 1

    Françoise Rosay

    Caroline Compson

Well the principal casting here is quite bizarre. It's really Yul Brynner who struggles to convince as the Russian-born, adopted, head of the "Compson" family - a supposed southern states gentleman having to come to terms with the fairly profound changes in the local hierarchy and in their own personal, dwindling, fortunes. Despite the fact that most of the rest of this family have long given up and taken to the bottle or just cannot cope with the realities, he is still determined to restore things to a semblance of their former glory. To that end he shares a vision with his niece "Quentin" (J...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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