Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

About Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 drama film directed by Richard Brooks. Its themes are dying and death, angry, depression, and alcoholic.

Elizabeth Taylor takes the lead as Maggie Pollitt, Paul Newman as Brick Pollitt, Burl Ives as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, and Judith Anderson as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt. It runs 108 minutes and was released in August 1958.

The screenplay is by James Poe and Richard Brooks. It is adapted from a stage production.

The Color Purple, A Few Good Men, and 8½ make useful companions to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, all filed under anxious and authoritarian. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 876 votes and it carries a NR rating.