A dateless classic oriented and co-written by John Houston from another grave raised area romp by Tennessee Williams. Anthony Veiller was Houston's co-writer. An unrestricted 10 out of 10 in spite of the reality that it won no Oscars except for for the "Best Costume Design, Black-and-White" for Dorothy Jeakins. Good for Jeakins. But the deficiency of Oscars for this moving-picture show in the "Best Acting," "Best Writing" and "Best Directing" categories is nada shortened of a jape for the midday sleep of us film fans.
I'm aware that it is not nice to survey films for "messages." ("Use the Western Union instead!" as the old kid goes.)