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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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.
1958 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 108 min · Drama · 30 frames
Tagline
Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.
Crew
- Screenplay: James Poe, Richard Brooks
- Cinematography: William H. Daniels
- Edited by: Ferris Webster
- Music: Charles Wolcott
- Produced by: Lawrence Weingarten
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie Pollitt
- Paul Newman as Brick Pollitt
- Burl Ives as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
- Judith Anderson as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt
- Jack Carson as Gooper Pollitt
- Madeleine Sherwood as Mae Pollitt
- Vaughn Taylor as Deacon Davis
- Larry Gates as Dr. Baugh
- Brian Corcoran as Boy (uncredited)
- Zelda Cleaver as Sookey (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $17,570,324
- Themes: dying and death, depression, individual, suicide, jealousy, husband wife relationship, southern usa, mississippi river, plantation, patriarch
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