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 is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)
…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. Well-received by both critics and…
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Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
Ben Gazzara as Brick in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)