Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.
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- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- plantation
- cotton plantation
- mississippi
- brother against brother
- dying and death
- patriarch
- anxious
- jealousy
- cynical
- alcoholic
- southern usa
- suicide
- depression
- angry
- individual
- husband wife relationship
- family conflict
- based on play or musical
- mississippi river
- sibling rivalry
- father son conflict
- inheritance
- condescending
- authoritarian
- homosexual subtext
- southern gothic
- daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
- dying father
- family conflicts
- star athlete
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 29, 1958
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,Avon Productions
- Cast
- Paul Newman,Elizabeth Taylor,Burl Ives,Judith Anderson,Jack Carson,Madeleine Sherwood,Vaughn Taylor,Larry Gates,Brian Corcoran,Zelda Cleaverand 2 more
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Producer
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Music
- Charles Wolcott
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $17,570,324
- IMDb
- tt0051459