Top Billed Cast

Vivien Leigh
Blanche DuBois
Marlon Brando
Stanley Kowalski
Kim Hunter
Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden
Harold Mitchell
Rudy Bond
Steve
Nick Dennis
Pablo Gonzales
Peg Hillias
Eunice
Wright King
A Collector
Richard Garrick
A Doctor
Ann Dere
The Matron
Edna Thomas
The Mexican Woman
Mickey Kuhn
A Sailor
Mel Archer
Foreman (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Club Patron (uncredited)
Dahn Ben Amotz
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited)
John George
Passerby (uncredited)
John Gonetos
Vendor (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Policeman (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Worker (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Bowling Alley Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Maxie Thrower
Passerby (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Passerby (uncredited)
John B. Williams
Vendor (uncredited)
Buck Woods
Vendor (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Sat Apr 30 2022

_**Interesting themes, but an overrated melodrama**_ Released in late 1951 and directed by Elia Kazan based on Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" stars Vivien Leigh as the neurotic Blanche DuBois, who moves in with her sister (Kim Hunter) in the French Quarter of New Orleans where she is antagonized by her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando). As she seeks a relationship with one of Stanley's friends (Karl Malden) her reality crumbles around her. The story is thematically rich and I enjoy evaluating and interpreting it. For instance, Blanche represents the dyin...