A depressed alcoholic drinks his days away and resists his wife's affections. A reunion with his terminally ill wealthy father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Title | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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Year | 1958 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Cast | Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood |
Crew | Lee LeBlanc (Special Effects), Van Allen James (Sound Designer), Helen Rose (Costume Design), Robert Priestley (Set Decoration), James Poe (Screenplay), Tennessee Williams (Theatre Play) |
Keyword | 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, angry, family conflicts, father son conflict, southern gothic, anxious, daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship, star athlete, cotton plantation, mississippi, authoritarian, condescending |
Release | Aug 29, 1958 |
Runtime | 108 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.60 / 10 by 755 users |