Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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Plot.
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Newman
Brick
Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie
Burl Ives
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Judith Anderson
Big Momma
Jack Carson
Gooper
Madeleine Sherwood
Mae
Vaughn Taylor
Deacon Davis
Larry Gates
Dr. Baugh
Brian Corcoran
Boy
Zelda Cleaver
Servant
Robert 'Rusty' Stevens
Sonny Pollitt
Hugh Corcoran
Buster Pollitt
Lee LeBlanc
Special Effects
Van Allen James
Sound Designer
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 29, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingNR
Budget$3,000,000
Box Office$17,570,324
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
individual
suicide
southern usa
mississippi
depression
jealousy
wife husband relationship
plantation
dying and death
based on play or musical
alcoholic
patriarch
inheritance
sibling rivalry
brother against brother
dying father
father son conflict
southern gothic
star athlete
cotton plantation
mississippi
cynical
angry
anxious
authoritarian
condescending
daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
family conflict
Wiki.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks (who co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe) based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson and Judith Anderson.
Well-received by both critics and audiences, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was MGM's most successful release of 1958, and became the third highest-grossing film of that year.
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