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Title: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof


Date: 1958
Type: Drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer:

Comment
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman are the husband and wife with whose marital tensions are played out against a background of the southern USA. This is Tennesse Williams play transferred to film, with some changes, but the film is made by the performances of Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.

Actors

Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor
Paul NewmanPaul Newman
Burl IvesBurl Ives
Jack CarsonJack Carson
Judith AndersonJudith Anderson

Oscars

Nomination - Best Picture
Play

Tennesse Williams
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof