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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first in a short season of films based on the works of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS starring Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman , Burl Ives
Tennessee Williams' powerful play about the tensions in a dying millionaire's family gets a lively screen performance from Elizabeth Taylor as the ' cat' determined not to jump off the roof.
Big Daddy returns from a medical check-up for a celebration birthday party under the impression that he is a fit man. Festivities are strained however, since half his family know that Big Daddy has cancer: when he learns the truth, a crisis develops.
Screenplay by RICHARD BROOKS , JAMES poe Produced by LAWRENCE weingarten
Directed by RICHARD BROOKS. Films p 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Richard Brooks
Produced By:
Lawrence Weingarten
Directed By:
Richard Brooks.
Maggie:
Elizabeth Taylor
Brick:
Paul Newman
Big Daddy:
Burl Ives
Gooper:
Jack Carson
Big Mama:
Judith Anderson
Mae:
Madeleine Sherwood
Dr Baugh:
Larry Gates
Deacon Davis:
Vaughn Taylor
Dixie PATTY:
Ann Gerrity
Source: Radio Times

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