Aired Thursday 3 October, 8:00pm - 9:45pmon BBC Four HD

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Name: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Rating: 7.9

Drama

It is the story of a Southern family in crisis, focusing on the turbulent relationship of a wife and husband, Maggie `The Cat' and Brick Pollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of a weekend gathering at the family estate in Mississippi, ostensibly to celebrate the birthday of patriarch and tycoon `Big Daddy' Pollitt.

IMDb7.9

Rotten Tomatoes97%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Richard BrooksDirector
Elizabeth TaylorMaggie Pollitt
Paul NewmanBrick Pollitt
Burl IvesHarvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt
Jack CarsonGooper Pollitt
Judith AndersonIda "Big Momma" Pollitt
Madeleine SherwoodMae Pollitt
Larry GatesDr. Baugh
Vaughn TaylorDeacon Davis
Patty Ann GerrityDixie Pollitt
Robert "Rusty" StevensSonny Pollitt
Brian CorcoranBoy
Hugh CorcoranBuster Pollitt
Deborah MillerTrixie Pollitt
Vince TownsendLacey
Zelda CleaverSookey
Walter MerrillParty guest
Jeane WoodParty guest
Bobby JohnsonPollitt Groom

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