Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe, based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, and Judith Anderson.
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Paul Newman (Brick) and Elizabeth Taylor (Maggie) in an early scene from the film
Madeleine Sherwood and Jack Carson
Taylor received her second Oscar nomination for the film
Richard Brooks was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Academy Awards in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry, In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977).
Brooks in 1986
Richard Brooks on set at MGM studios, 1950's
Brooks and Peter O'Toole on Lord Jim (1965) set in Cambodia
Writer Truman Capote and Brooks in 1968