Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a gentleman caller appears, things move to crisis point.

Katharine Hepburn
as Amanda Wingfield

Sam Waterston
as Tom Wingfield

Joanna Miles
as Laura Wingfield

Michael Moriarty
as Jim O'Connor