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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.
A film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play about a dysfunctional southern family and their secrets. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives and Judith Anderson, directed by Richard Brooks.
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- Drama
- Richard Brooks
- 1958-08-29
After Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) injures himself while drunkenly revisiting his high school sports-star days, he and his tempestuous wife, Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor),...
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- Elizabeth Taylor
- Richard Brooks
- Drama
Academy Award winners Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman star in theclassic screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winningplay Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.As the...
A classic drama film based on Tennessee Williams' play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as a troubled couple. Learn more about the plot, cast, awards, and trivia of this 1958 adaptation.
- Richard Brooks, William Shanks
- Elizabeth Taylor
Synopsis. In the opening scene, Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman), a former high school football star, spends a drunken night jumping hurdles on a school athletic field at Eastern Mississippi High School in a tragic attempt to recapture his glory days. He falls and breaks his right ankle.
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.
