Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
The film takes a Tennessee Williams stage play and sets it in the sultry air of a small Southern town. It is a talky, overheated drama about vanity, dependence and missed chances, carried by big performances. The mood is bitter and theatrical, full of Southern Gothic between hotel rooms, campaign stages and old wounds.
Good for you if you like dialogue-driven character dramas with tragic figures and a stagey intensity.
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