Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Directed by

Richard Brooks

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 847 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Southern family gathers for a celebration. Old secrets and resentments boil over among the relatives.

tenseemotionally chargedclaustrophobicmelancholicslow-burnintrospectivesomberheated

What happens

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks (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. Well-received by both critics and audiences, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was MGM's most successful release of 1958, and became the third highest-grossing film of that year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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