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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Drama

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

Release Date: 1958, August 29
Directors: Richard Brooks
Countries: United States of America
Production: Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Judith Anderson, Vaughn Taylor, Paul Newman, Jack Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Gates, Burl Ives, Madeleine Sherwood, Robert 'Rusty' Stevens, Hugh Corcoran, Brian Corcoran, Zelda Cleaver

Overview:

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Keywords:

alcoholic anxious depression suicide sibling rivalry dying and death inheritance based on play or musical southern gothic mississippi patriarch cynical southern usa angry husband wife relationship jealousy authoritarian individual condescending plantation brother against brother family conflict mississippi river father son conflict daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship dying father cotton plantation star athlete