n Starring
Marlon Brando
Vivien Leigh
Tennessee Williams 's story of the disastrous relationship between fading Southern belle Blanche Du Bois and her brutish brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski had won a Pulitzer
Prize as a Broadway play. Elia Kazan 's film version won five
Oscars including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh 's moving performance as Blanche.
As Stanley Kowalski , the role he had created on Broadway, Marlon Brando became the biggest star in Hollywood and his extraordinary, powerful performance introduced a new style of acting that was to influence a generation - both on and off the screen.
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