Joseph Anthony directed this film, which N. Richard Nash adapted from his own television play and stage production. Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Cameron Prud'Homme, and Earl Holliman lead the cast. Alex North composed the music, and Charles Lang was in charge of VistaVision/Technicolor cinematography. Lancaster portrays Starbuck, a charlatan who shows up in Threepoint, a town su…