Film

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

1957 · 26m · Drama

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.

Gene Kelly

Tom T. Triplett

Agnes Moorehead

Ma Crater

Janice Rule

Lucy Nell Crater

• Herschel DaughertyDirector
• Nelson GiddingWriter
• Frank P. RosenbergProducer
• Michael R. McAdamEditor

Release date

March 1, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

26m

Genres

Drama