CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

Feuding members of a greedy and self-destructive Southern family scramble to ingratiate themselves with rich, dying patriarch Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt (Burl Ives) in this Oscar-nominated film of Tennessee Williams's blistering stage drama, directed by Richard Brooks. Paul Newman stars as the sullen and alcoholic ex-football star Brick Pollitt, whose self-pity and drunken anger threaten not just his inheritance, but also his marriage to the provocative Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor).

The cast includes: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, and Larry Gates.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF was nominated for the Best Picture award.

With "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," Director Richard Brooks provided a brilliant look at greed, life, love, sex, regret and alcoholism in this memorable southern drama.

The Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Review

"All the sultry drama of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning Play is now on the screen!"