A Streetcar Named Desire

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PG,2hrs 2min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

September 18, 1951

Director:

Elia Kazan

Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring:

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter ... More

Synopsis: In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards Blanche's aristocratic affectations as a royal pain but also thinks she's holding out on inheritance money that rightfully belongs to Stella. On the fringes of sanity, Blanche is trying to forget her checkered ... Full Synopsis

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	Vivien Leigh Blanche Dubois Marlon Brando Stanley Kowalski Kim Hunter Stella Kowalski Karl Malden Harold "Mitch" Mitchell

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