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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ()

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Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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  • Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations.
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Maggie Pollitt
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Brick Pollitt
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Big Daddy Pollitt
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Gooper Pollitt
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Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt
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Mae Pollitt
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Dr. Baugh
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Deacon Davis
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Zelda Cleaver ...
Sookey (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran ...
Boy (uncredited)
Hugh Corcoran ...
Buster (uncredited)
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Child (uncredited)
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Dixie (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson ...
Pollitt Groom (uncredited)
Walter Merrill ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Deborah Miller ...
Trixie (uncredited)
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Sonny (uncredited)
Vince Townsend Jr. ...
Lacey (uncredited)
Jeane Wood ...
Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Brooks

Written by

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Richard Brooks ... (screenplay) and
James Poe ... (screenplay)
 
Tennessee Williams ... (play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")

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Lawrence Weingarten ... producer

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Charles Wolcott ... (uncredited)

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William H. Daniels ... director of photography (as William Daniels)

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Ferris Webster

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Charles K. Hagedon ... color consultant

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Maude Spector ... (uncredited)

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William A. Horning
Urie McCleary

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Henry Grace ... (set decorations)
Robert Priestley ... (set decorations)

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup

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William Shanks ... assistant director
Hank Moonjean ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Tom Jung ... poster designer (uncredited)

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Wesley C. Miller ... recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller)
Norwood A. Fenton ... sound (uncredited)
Van Allen James ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Lee LeBlanc ... special effects

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Dean Smith ... stunts (uncredited)

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Bill Johnson ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Helen Rose ... wardrobe: Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Reynold Brown ... movie poster art (uncredited)
Marguerite Lamkin ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The family of "Big Daddy" Pollitt (Burl Ives) convenes at his and Big Momma's (Dame Judith Anderson's). Among the attendees is alcoholic son, Brick (Paul Newman); an ex-football player, who spends his time drinking and avoiding the ministries of his libidinous wife, Maggie (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) - "the cat". As this gathering isn't so much as a gathering but a farewell (Big Daddy is terminally ill) a lot of memories and revelations which had been hidden come to the surface of both father and son. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Just one pillow on her bed ... and just one desire in her heart! See more »
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Also Known As
  • La Chatte sur un toit brûlant (France)
  • Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach (Germany)
  • La gata sobre el tejado de zinc (Spain)
  • La gata sobre la teulada de zinc (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 热铁皮屋顶上的猫 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 108 min
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Box Office

Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $25,472,824

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Trivia This movie was originally to be filmed in black-and-white, as was the standard practice with "artistic" movies in the 1950s. (Virtually all movie adaptations of the plays of Tennessee Williams had been in black-and-white up to that time.) However, once Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor were cast in the leads, writer and director Richard Brooks insisted on shooting in color, in deference to the public's well-known enthusiasm for Taylor's violet and Newman's strikingly blue eyes. See more »
Goofs After Brick tries to drive away and gets stuck, Maggie goes out to him and helps him into the house through the pouring rain. Her hair is soaking wet, but the next time she is seen, it's perfectly dry and styled. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Lost in a Summer Night See more »
Quotes Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt: I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?
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