The Life You Save May Be Your Own (1957)

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.

Year1957

Runtime26 min

GenresDrama

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

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