Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
“ Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart. ”
CINEMA1958-08-29
RegionUS
Runtime108 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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
DIRECTOR / Director
Richard Brooks
KEYWORDS
dying and deathdepressionindividualsuicidejealousyhusband wife relationshipsouthern usamississippi riverplantationpatriarchbased on play or musicalinheritancesibling rivalrybrother against brothercynicalalcoholicdying fatherfamily conflictangryfather son conflictsouthern gothicanxiousdaughter–in–law father–in–law relationshipstar athletecotton plantationmississippiauthoritariancondescending
