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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son. Director:Richard Brooks |
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Nominated for 6 Oscars.
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| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | ||
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Burl Ives | ... | |
| Jack Carson | ... |
Gooper Pollitt
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| Judith Anderson | ... |
Big Momma Pollitt
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Madeleine Sherwood | ... |
Mae Pollitt
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Larry Gates | ... | |
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Vaughn Taylor | ... |
Deacon Davis
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The fifth Tennessee Williams play to reach the screen, wealthy Mississippi plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt, unaware that he's dying of cancer and disturbed by the strained and childless marriage of his favored alcoholic son Brick and his other son, Gooper, whose wife is about to bring forth another in the endless line of little "no-neck monsters," celebrates his sixty-fifth birthday with his family. Brick's wife, Maggie, beautiful and desirable, tries unsuccessfully to coax her husband away from the bottle, while alternately enticing him and taunting him about his obsession with his deceased best friend and the guilt about their relationship. The seamy tensions reach a climax when the truth of Big Daddy's health is revealed, and he and Brick manage to resolve their differences. Written by alfiehitchie
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Just one pillow on her bed ... and just one desire in her heart! See more »Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$17,570,324 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Perspecta Sound) (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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Tennessee Williams wrote the role of Big Daddy with Burl Ives in mind. Prior to the original stage production, Ives was known primarily as a folk singer, and many within the theatre community question Williams' decision. Ives won rave reviews in the role on both stage and screen, and went on to a long and prestigious acting career. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The way Brick holds his glass changes, while Maggie talks with him about Gooper's plan to grab the estate. See more »Quotes
Brick Pollitt: Big Daddy... What is it that makes him so big? His big heart, his big belly, or his big money?See more »
Connections
Featured in "American Masters: Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (#9.2)" (1994) See more »
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