Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Pa
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
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)
…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. Well-received by both critics and audiences, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was MGM's most successful release of 1958, and…
Ives in 1955, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Ives (left) with Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ives while filming Wind Across the Everglades in 1957