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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Lists: Drama, Romance, Best Picture nominee 1950 to 1959

Brief Synopsis: "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."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1958: # 0)


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  • Elizabeth Taylor (Maggie)
  • Paul Newman (Brick)
  • Burl Ives (Harvey „Big Daddy” Pollitt)
  • Judith Anderson (Big Momma)
  • Jack Carson (Gooper)
  • Madeleine Sherwood (Mae)
  • Vaughn Taylor (Deacon Davis)
  • Larry Gates (Dr. Baugh)
  • Zelda Cleaver (Servant)
  • Brian Corcoran (Boy)
  • Robert Rusty Stevens (Sonny Pollitt)
  • Hugh Corcoran (Buster Pollitt)