Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958 PG-13 1h 48m

7.6 / 10 835

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7.6/10

835

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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

Writers

Tennessee Williams Richard Brooks James Poe

Stars

Paul Newman Elizabeth Taylor Burl Ives

Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Robert 'Rusty' Stevens

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Geronimo1967 29 Sep 2024

7/10

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 t...