Down South on a military base, equestrienne Taylor taunts her husband, closeted Army major Marlon Brando, and dallies with colonel Brian Keith; further upping the potential for lives shattering are the fragility of the latter’s wife Julie Harris and the arrival of private Robert Forster (in his movie debut). Huston elicits compelling performances from a disparate cast in his tonally risky take on Carson McCullers’ novel.