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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

NR 08/29/1958 Drama 1h 48m
77%
User
Score
7.9/10
97%
84/100

Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.

Overview

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.

Richard Brooks

Director

James Poe

Screenplay

Tennessee Williams

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Brick

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Maggie

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson

Big Momma

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Gooper

Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

Mae

Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Deacon Davis

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Dr. Baugh

Brian Corcoran

Brian Corcoran

Boy

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Media

Alicia Malone on the history of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF | TIFF 2022

Alicia Malone on the history of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF | TIFF 2022

Original Theatrical Trailer

Original Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on September 29, 2024

Yikes, but there's a lot of smouldering going on here... "Brick" (Paul Newman) is the former all-American boy type who has got himself injured and is married to "Maggie" (Elizabeth Taylor) with whom he has a pretty turbulent relationship based on mistrust. He is the son of the wealthy and tyrannical "Big Daddy" (Burl Ives) who is in turn married to the rather sheepish "Ida" (Judith Anderson) and the brother to the ostensibly insipid lawyer "Gooper" (Jack Carson) who is married to the rather selfish "Mae" (Madeleine Sherwood). So far, nobody much likes or trusts anyone, there's not enough love around this big mansion house to fill a teaspoon and with the old man starting to show signs of ailing, the vultures are beginning to gather to divide his huge house, 28,000 acres and $10 millions in ...

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