Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV 1976)

The story of conflicts, power plays and secrets in a wealthy Mississippi family.

Director:

Robert Moore

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play), Tennessee Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Laurence Olivier	...	Big Daddy
Natalie Wood	...	Maggie
Robert Wagner	...	Brick
Maureen Stapleton	...	Big Mama
Jack Hedley	...	Gooper
Mary Peach	...	Mae
Heidi Rundt	...	Dixie
Sean Saxon	...	Sonny
Mark B. Taylor	...	Buster
Elizabeth Caparros	...	Trixie
Jennifer Hughes	...	Polly
Sam Mansary	...	Lacey
Gladys Taylor	...	Daisy
Nadia Catouse	...	Brightie
George Harris	...	Sookey

Storyline

The story of conflicts, power plays and secrets in a wealthy Mississippi family.

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Plot Keywords:

father in law daughter in law relationship | drunkenness | impotence | sexual frustration | mother son relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

La gata sobre el tejado de zinc

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened at the Morosco Theater in New York on March 24, 1955, ran for 694 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. The play also won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1955.

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Connections

Version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

User Reviews

2 Leads Were Way Too Old For This Endeavor

Most people know this storyline by now: Maggie the Cat desperately wants latent homosexual hubby Brick to impregnate her and thus insure her standing in the eyes of terminal Big Daddy Pollitt. Compared to the 1958 movie version with Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, this 1976 TV movie is merely satisfactory. Both Wood & Wagner were clearly middle aged. At 46, Wagner's Brick looks more like a drunk who can't get out of a bathtub, than a young man who's college football days are but a few years behind him. As for his character's thoughts, intentions, it would appear that he wasn't able to get anything else accomplished except to convey that Brick is a drunkard. Wood is overly anxious throughout & overdoes her 'southern' accent to the inth degree. Unlike Burl Ives in the '58 version, Olivier's Big Daddy is just distant. Why would anyone even bother with him ? The only save in this mess is the always outstanding Maureen Stapleton as Big Mama, who parlays years of her husband's neglect and indifferent children into her character's crushed but still trying spirit.