

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $17.6M
- Language
- English
- dying and death
- depression
- individual
- suicide
- jealousy
- husband wife relationship
- southern usa
- mississippi river
- plantation
- patriarch
- based on play or musical
- inheritance
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRBoston, Massachusetts23 Aug 1958
- TheatricalNR29 Aug 1958
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 Oct 1958
- Physical1513 Feb 1987
- Theatrical12A3 Aug 2005
CanadaCA
- Theatrical20 Dec 1958
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical24 Feb 1959
AustriaAT
- Theatrical13 Mar 1959
BelgiumBE
- TVAL29 Aug 1958
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14IMDB15 Dec 1958
CzechiaCZ
- PhysicalUDVD1 Aug 2001
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical14 Aug 1959
FinlandFI
- Theatrical27 Mar 1959
FranceFR
- TheatricalU1 Oct 1958
- TheatricalRe-release23 Mar 2011
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany19 Feb 1959
- TVEast Germany22 Dec 1977
- PhysicalDVD special edition12 May 2006
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was released on 29 August 1958.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/29/2024
Yikes, but there's a lot of smouldering going on here... "Brick" (Paul Newman) is the former all-American boy type who has got himself injured and is married to "Maggie" (Elizabeth Taylor) with whom he has a pretty turbulent relationship based on mistrust. He is the son of the wealthy and tyrannical "Big Daddy" (Burl Ives) who is in turn married to the rather sheepish "Ida" (Judith Anderson) and the brother to the os…
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