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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks, [3] [4] 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 .
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson. Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife.
The original production starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives and Ben Gazzara. The play was adapted as a film of the same name in 1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as Maggie and Brick, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood recreating their stage roles.
1 hr 48 mins. Drama, Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor sizzle together in this Oscar-nominated Best Picture that adapts Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer-winning...
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 ...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams, was directed by Elia Kazan on Broadway, and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as "Maggie" and Ben Gazarra as "Brick."
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.
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.
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