this astonishing waste of production money be filmic proof that the rich and famous can be just a stupid and wasteful a politician . from a ( silly ) play by tennessee williams and direct ( with a dead hand ) by joseph losey and star taylor and burton and noel coward this project film in a spectacular cliff top mountain island mansion in the mediterranean must have seem a sure fire winner when present to universal in 1967. the result be so absurd and tedious that it almost defy belief . visually the film be spectacular but that be the force of nature that have allow the setting and the fact that a real home be use instead of a set . the shrill antic of a screech taylor and burton half asleep wandering and the loony dialog and noel coward laugh at himself and the ridiculous story and plot device and the absurd costuming simply irritate the viewer . boom be a disgrace and a waste of money and talent and clear proof that laud famous people can be idiots just like the rest of the planet pleb . not even fun . just terrible and mad shocking waste .