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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7.6 / 10 (876 votes)

Drama

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.

Director Richard Brooks

Screenplay / Writer James Poe, Richard Brooks

Runtime 1h 48m (108 min)

Release Date 1958-08-29

Countries United States of America

Original Language EN

Status Released

Budget $3,000,000

Revenue $17,570,324

Top Cast (Live Data)

Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Judith Anderson

Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt

Robert 'Rusty' Stevens

Sonny (uncredited)

Hugh Corcoran

Buster (uncredited)

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Production Companies

Avon Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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