The Life You Save May Be Your Own

(en)

1957

26m

Drama

Overview: A Southern Gothic parable (truncated on-screen as “The Life You Save”) that twists the typical story of chivalrous boy-meets-girl romance, it follows a seemingly aimless drifter who inserts himself into the isolated lives of an old spinster and her invalid daughter. Adaptation of the short story by Flannery O’Connor.

Status: Released

Release date: March 1, 1957

Top Cast

Gene Kelly

as Tom T. Triplett

Agnes Moorehead

as Ma Crater

Janice Rule

as Lucy Nell Crate...

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