A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Vivien Leigh
Blanche DuBois
Marlon Brando
Stanley Kowalski
Kim Hunter
Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden
Harold Mitchell
Rudy Bond
Steve
Nick Dennis
Pablo Gonzales
Peg Hillias
Eunice
Wright King
A Collector
Richard Garrick
A Doctor
Ann Dere
The Matron
Edna Thomas
The Mexican Woman
Mickey Kuhn
A Sailor
Mel Archer
Foreman (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Club Patron (uncredited)
Dahn Ben Amotz
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)
John George
Passerby (uncredited)
John Gonetos
Vendor (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Policeman (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Worker (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Bowling Alley Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Maxie Thrower
Passerby (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Passerby (uncredited)
John B. Williams
Vendor (uncredited)
Buck Woods
Vendor (uncredited)
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Tennessee Williams
Theatre Play / Screenplay
Oscar Saul
Screenplay
David Weisbart
Editor
Elia Kazan
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 19, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Budget$1,800,000
Box Office$8,000,000
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States
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A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The film tells the story of a Mississippi Southern belle, Blanche DuBois (Leigh), who, after encountering a series of personal losses, seeks refuge with her sister (Hunter) and brother-in-law (Brando) in a dilapidated New Orleans apartment building. The original Broadway production and cast was converted to film, albeit with several changes and sanitizations related to censorship.
Tennessee Williams collaborated with Oscar Saul and Elia Kazan on the screenplay. Kazan, who directed the Broadway stage production, also directed the black-and-white film. Brando, Hunter, and Malden all reprised their original Broadway roles. Although Jessica Tandy originated the role of Blanche DuBois on Broadway, Vivien Leigh, who had appeared in the London theatre production, was cast in the film adaptation for her star power. The film brought Brando, previously virtually unknown, to prominence as a major Hollywood film star, and earned him the first of four consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor; Leigh won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Blanche. It received Oscar nominations in ten other categories (including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay), and won Best Supporting Actor (Malden), Best Supporting Actress (Hunter), and Best Art Direction (Richard Day, George James Hopkins), making it the first film to win in three of the acting categories.
The film earned an estimated $4,250,000 at the US and Canadian box office in 1951, making it the fifth biggest hit of the year. In 1999, A Streetcar Named Desire was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".