Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Richard Brooks directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a 1958 American drama film. It is based on Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of the same name, which was adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe in 1955. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, and Madeleine Sherwood feature in this picture.

This harrowing rendition of Tennessee Williams' play earned Newman his first Academy Award nomination. Newman plays an ex-football player who is recovering from an injury and fighting his wife's love in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Elizabeth Taylor). When his father visits town, he slips into drunken despair and reminisces about his childhood. Critics praised the film as electrifying, owing in large part to Newman and Taylor's outstanding performances. Throughout the novel, the tension in their relationship rises, providing for fascinating sequences of their back-and-forth.

Detailed information:

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Release date: August 27, 1958

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051459