It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

A young Robert Redford plays the escapee from prison whose expected return to his Texan hometown stirs up a maelstrom. Brando plays the honest guy, a small time sheriff trying to do the right thing and stay above the enemities and loyalties that rive the community. Penn deftly handles many issues that were exploding into the 60s USA, including racism, adultery (everyone's at it in this small town) and Saturday nights out on the razzle. find out more...