Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Movie Information

The family of "Big Daddy" Pollitt (Burl Ives) convenes at his and Big Momma's (Dame Judith Anderson's). Among the attendees is alcoholic son, Brick (Paul Newman); an ex-football player, who spends his time drinking and avoiding the ministries of his libidinous wife, Maggie (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) - "the cat". As this gathering isn't so much as a gathering but a farewell (Big Daddy is terminally ill) a lot of memories and revelations which had been hidden come to the surface of both father and son.—Huggo

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writer:

Richard Brooks, James Poe, Tennessee Williams

Actors:

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives