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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof( 1958)

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Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.

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. 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 cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Paul Newman

      Brick

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      Elizabeth Taylor

      Maggie

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      Burl Ives

      Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

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      Judith Anderson

      Big Momma

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      Jack Carson

      Gooper

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      Madeleine Sherwood

      Mae

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      Vaughn Taylor

      Deacon Davis

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      Larry Gates

      Dr. Baugh

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      Brian Corcoran

      Boy

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      Zelda Cleaver

      Servant

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      Robert 'Rusty' Stevens

      Sonny Pollitt

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      Hugh Corcoran

      Buster Pollitt

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 29 2024
    Yikes, but there's a lot of smouldering going on here... "Brick" (Paul Newman) is the former all-American boy type who has got himself injured and is married to "Maggie" (Elizabeth Taylor) with whom he has a pretty turbulent relationship based on mistrust. He is the son of the wealthy and tyrannical "Big Daddy" (Burl Ives) who is in turn married to the rather sheepish "Ida" (Judith Anderson) and the brother to the ostensibly insipid lawyer "Gooper" (Jack Carson) who is married to the rather selfish "Mae" (Madeleine Sherwood). So far, nobody much likes or trusts anyone, there's not enough love a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    17570324.00

    Keywords

    • dying and death
    • depression
    • individual
    • suicide
    • jealousy
    • husband wife relationship
    • southern usa
    • mississippi river
    • plantation
    • patriarch
    • based on play or musical
    • inheritance
    • sibling rivalry
    • brother against brother
    • cynical
    • alcoholic
    • dying father
    • family conflict
    • angry
    • father son conflict
    • southern gothic
    • anxious
    • daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
    • star athlete
    • cotton plantation
    • mississippi
    • authoritarian
    • condescending