Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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

After Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) injures himself while drunkenly revisiting his high school sports-star days, he and his tempestuous wife, Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor), visit his family's Mississippi plantation for the 65th birthday of his hot-tempered father, Big Daddy (Burl Ives). Cantankerous even with declining health, Big Daddy demands to know why Brick and Maggie haven't yet given him a grandchild, unlike Brick's brother Gooper (Jack Carson) and his fecund wife, Mae (Madeleine Sherwood).

Rating

M

Duration

108 min

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson

Director

Richard Brooks

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