Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.”

7.6(824)19581h 48m

Drama

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

Budget

$3.0M

Revenue

$17.6M

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Cast

Paul Newman

Brick

Elizabeth Taylor

Maggie

Burl Ives

Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt

Judith Anderson

Big Momma

Jack Carson

Gooper

Madeleine Sherwood

Mae

Vaughn Taylor

Deacon Davis

Larry Gates

Dr. Baugh

Brian Corcoran

Boy

Zelda Cleaver

Servant

Robert 'Rusty' Stevens

Sonny Pollitt

Hugh Corcoran

Buster Pollitt

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

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...