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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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NR,1hr 48min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1958
Director:
Richard Brooks
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives  ...more
Synopsis: This dynamic and commanding adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play focuses on a troubled Southern family and the discord over their dying father's millions. Wealthy plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives), celebrating his 65th birthday, is visited by his sons, Brick (Paul Newman) and Gooper (Jack Carson). He has cancer, but a doctor has deliberately and falsely declared it in remission. Seemingly perfect son Gooper and his wife, Mae (Madeleine Sherwood), have several ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
Paul Newman's first big success came in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the 1958 film adaptation of playwright Tennessee Williams' claustrophobic drama. Newman got his first Oscar nomination, one of seven for the film, for his role as Brick Pollitt, the former football star, and Elizabeth Taylor was at her feline best as his dangerous wife, Maggie. Some of the more controversial elements of Williams' melodrama ... Full Review
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Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie Pollitt
Paul Newman
Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives
Big Daddy Pollitt
Jack Carson
Gooper Pollitt
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Elizabeth Taylor in 1958's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Paul Newman, Sept. 26, age 83: Film fans -- and just about everyone else -- were in deep mourning...
Ned Beatty at the "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Play Opening
Paul Newman, left, and Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) (Holland/Retna UK)
Ashley Judd at the opening night of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Everett Collection)
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