A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

Her family plantation lost to creditors, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) seeks solace and comfort with her sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in the french quarter of New Orleans, where she ends up tangling with Stella's abusive and animalistic husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando). Leigh, Hunter and Karl Malden (as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, one of Stanley's poker buddies) all nabbed Oscars for their work in this controversial adaptation of Tennessee Williams's classic meditation on raw sexuality and lost gentility.

The name cast includes: Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, and Marlon Brando.

#45 on the AFI Top 100.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE was nominated for the Best Picture award.

The director, Elia Kazan, brings Tennessee Williams classic stage play to the screen, to a great effect. Kazan received a nomination for best directing.

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