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Film of the Week: A Streetcar Named Desire

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
with Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
For the first time on British television, the film that made Marlon Brando a living movie legend.
Tennessee Williams's story of the disastrous relationship between fading Southern belle Blanche Du Bois and the inarticulate, ape-like Stanley Kowalski.
Films; page 13

Contributors

Screenplay/Based on his own play:
Tennessee Williams
Director:
Elia Kazan
Blanche:
Vivien Leigh
Stanley:
Marlon Brando
Stella:
Kim Hunter
Mitch:
Karl Malden
Steve:
Rudy Bond
Pablo:
Nick Dennis
Eunice:
Peg Hillias
A Collector:
Wright King
A Doctor:
Richard Garrick
The Matron:
Ann Dere
The Mexican woman:
Edna Thomas
Source: Radio Times

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