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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks (who co-wrote the screenplay with James Poe) based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson and Judith Anderson. Well-received by both critics and audiences, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was MGM's most successful release of 1958, and became the third highest-grossing film of that year.
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Writer
- Richard Brooks · James Poe
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- Release date
- 23 August 1958 · Released
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach
- Español
- La gata sobre el tejado de zinc
- Français
- La Chatte sur un toit brûlant
- Italiano
- La gatta sul tetto che scotta
- 日本語
- 熱いトタン屋根の猫
- 한국어
- 뜨거운 양철 지붕 위의 고양이
- Polski
- Kotka na gorącym blaszanym dachu
- Themes
- alcoholism ↗ colorectal cancer ↗
Data from Wikidata (CC0). Description adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Wikipedia · Poster from Wikimedia Commons.