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Box office. $17.6 million [2] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks, [3] [4] who co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe, based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, and Judith Anderson .
- August 27, 1958 (United States)
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Charles Wolcott, (uncredited)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson. Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife.
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- Richard Brooks
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- Drama
In the opening scene, Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman), a former high school football star, spends a drunken night jumping hurdles on a school athletic field at Eastern Mississippi High School in a tragic attempt to recapture his glory days. He falls and breaks his right ankle. Some days later, Brick and his older brother, Gooper (Jack Carson ...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an extraordinary remarkable film that one will enjoy. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review adam b A powerful movie with a perfect cast and great ...
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- Elizabeth Taylor
- Richard Brooks
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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New York opening: 18 Sep 1958. Production Company. Avon Productions, Inc. Distribution Company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, as presented on the stage by the Playwrights Catinroof Company (New York, 24 Mar 1955).
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. [1] One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, [2] the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.
