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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

122 min  -  Drama  -   1 December 1951 (West Germany)
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Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

Director:

Elia Kazan

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (screen play), Oscar Saul (adaptation), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ...
Marlon Brando Marlon Brando ...
Kim Hunter Kim Hunter ...
Karl Malden Karl Malden ...
Mitch
Rudy Bond Rudy Bond ...
Nick Dennis Nick Dennis ...
Peg Hillias Peg Hillias ...
Wright King Wright King ...
A Collector
Richard Garrick Richard Garrick ...
A Doctor
Ann Dere Ann Dere ...
Edna Thomas Edna Thomas ...
The Mexican Woman
Mickey Kuhn Mickey Kuhn ...
A Sailor
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Storyline

Blanche is in real need of a protector at this stage in her life when circumstances lead her into paying a visit to her younger sister Stella in New Orleans. She doesn't understand how Stella, who is expecting her first child, could have picked a husband so lacking in refinement. Stanley Kowalski's buddies come over to the house to play cards and one of them, Mitch, finds Blanche attractive until Stanley tells him about what kind of a woman Blanche really is. What will happen when Stella goes to the hospital to have her baby and just Blanche and her brother-in-law are in the house? Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Pregnant Sister | Streetcar | Louisiana | Neurotic | Love  | See more »

Taglines:

...When she got there she met the brute Stan, and the side of New Orleans she hardly knew existed. See more »

Genres:

Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements (1993 director's cut) See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

(West Germany) See more »

Also Known As:

Un tranvía llamado deseo See more »

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,800,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$8,000,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (re-release)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Mickey Kuhn plays the young sailor who helps Vivien Leigh onto the streetcar at the beginning of this film. He had previously appeared with her in Gone with the Wind as Beau Wilkes (the child of Olivia de Havilland's character Melanie) toward the end of that film when the character was age 5. When Mickey Kuhn mentioned this to someone else on the set of "A Streetcar Named Desire", word got back to her, and Miss Leigh called him into her dressing room for a half-hour chat. In an interview in his seventies, Kuhn stated that Leigh was extremely kind to him and "one of the loveliest ladies he had ever met." See more »

Goofs

Continuity: During conversation about Napoleonic Code between Stella and Stanley, plate Stanley has been eating off disappears off top of trunk which is suddenly open. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
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Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) See more »

Soundtracks

"Goodnight, Ladies"
(1847) (uncredited)
Written by Edwin P. Christy
Played as background music See more »