Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) is an Academy Award-nominated MGM film directed by Richard Brooks based on the Tony-nominated play of the same name by Tennessee Williams adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives.
Late one night, Brick Pollitt is putting up high hurdles on a track field. He dreams about his time when he was a football player. Althoug...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) is an Academy Award-nominated MGM film directed by Richard Brooks based on the Tony-nominated play of the same name by Tennessee Williams adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. One of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, the film stars Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives.
Late one night, Brick Pollitt is putting up high hurdles on a track field. He dreams about his time when he was a football player. Although drunk, he attempts to jump the hurdles and falls. He injures his ankle and is later put on crutches. He along with his wife, Maggie "the Cat", are visiting with his family in Mississippi, awaiting to celebrate Big Daddy's 65th birthday. Depressed, Brick decides to spend his days inside drinking while resisting the affections of his wife, who taunts him about the inheritance of Big Daddy's wealth.
Big Daddy, arriving from the hospital, is unaware that he is dying from cancer because his family and doctors refuse to tell either him or Big Mama...
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