Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(USA, 1958, 108 minutes)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents an Avon production. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives; co-starring Jack Carson, Judith Anderson; with Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor. Directed by Richard Brooks; produced by Lawrence Weingarten; screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe, based on the play by Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; director of photography (Metrocolor), William Daniels; art directors, William A. Horning and Urie McCleary; costume designer for Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Rose; film editor, Ferris Webster.
A Southern family crisis erupts when the dying father returns home to find his favourite son refusing to sleep with his wife and his second son conniving to get the property. Excellent if sanitized filming of a controversial play, with exquisite performances.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents an Avon production. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives; co-starring Jack Carson, Judith Anderson; with Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor. Directed by Richard Brooks; produced by Lawrence Weingarten; screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe, based on the play by Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; director of photography (Metrocolor), William Daniels; art directors, William A. Horning and Urie McCleary; costume designer for Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Rose; film editor, Ferris Webster.
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