Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Vaughn Taylor, Larry Gates, Zelda Cleaver, Brian Corcoran, Robert 'Rusty' Stevens, Hugh Corcoran
IHBM9.5Masterpiece
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
My review · Reviewed 03/08/2009
I always say that I'm going to go back and check out some of the older classics and this movie definitely fell into the realm of "classic". Liz Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives were absolutely unbelievable. This movie had layer after layer and each layer removal is more fascinating and delightful than the last. It is a little said that this movie was at the height of Hollywood's decency period (cringing) as it is supposedly unfaithful to the steaminess in Tennessee Williams's original play.