Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Drama
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.
- Directed by
- Richard Brooks
- Written by
- Richard Brooks, James Poe
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Paul Newman
- Burl Ives
- Judith Anderson
- Jack Carson
- Madeleine Sherwood
Vaughn Taylor- Larry Gates
- Brian Corcoran
- Zelda Cleaver
- Robert 'Rusty' Stevens
- Hugh Corcoran
Keywords
- husband wife relationship
- jealousy
- based on play or musical
- patriarch
- authoritarian
- southern gothic
- anxious
- dying and death
- father son conflict
- alcoholic
- angry
- southern usa
- mississippi
- plantation
- family conflict
- suicide
- cynical
- brother against brother
- individual
- inheritance
- depression
- mississippi river
- condescending
- sibling rivalry
- daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship
- cotton plantation
- star athlete
- dying father
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