This Property Is Condemned

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This Property is Condemned stars Natalie Wood (at 28 years old), Robert Redford, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson and Mary Badham. Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Coe and Edith Sommer. The story was suggested by "A One Act Play" by Tennessee Williams. It was directed by Sydney Pollack.

This Property is Condemned
Directed bySidney Pollack
Written byTennessee Williams
Francis Ford Coppola
Fred Coe
Edith R. Sommer
David Rayfiel
Produced byJohn Houseman
Ray Stark
StarringNatalie Wood
Robert Redford
Kate Reid
Charles Bronson
Mary Badham
Release date
1966
Running time
110 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The story takes place in depression era Dodson, Mississippi. Owen Legate (Redford) comes to town to fire many of the local rail yard employees. Natalie Wood plays Alva Starr, a pretty town flirt who finds herself stuck in this small town and very much attracted to the handsome stranger. The story is Tennessee Williams flavored in it's passion and emotion.