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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Director

Richard Brooks

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Avon Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations.

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Maggie Pollitt

Elizabeth Taylor

Brick Pollitt

Big Daddy Pollitt

Gooper Pollitt

Big Momma Pollitt

Judith Anderson

Mae Pollitt

Madeleine Sherwood

Dr. Baugh

Deacon Davis

Sookey

Boy

Buster Pollitt

Child

Dixie Pollitt

Patty Ann Gerrity

Pollitt Groom

Party Guest

Trixie Pollitt

Sonny Pollitt

Robert 'Rusty' Stevens

Lacey

Vince Townsend Jr.

Party Guest

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Harvey 'big Daddy' Pollitt Brick Pollitt Maggie Pollitt Dixie Pollitt Gooper Pollitt Mae Pollitt Ida 'big Momma' Pollitt Dr. Baugh Brick

Because I tried to kill your Aunt Maggie - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Because I tried to kill your Aunt Maggie

We've still got one thing on our side - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

We've still got one thing on our side

Bought most of it when I took your mother to Europe on that Cook's Tour - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Bought most of it when I took your mother to Europe on that...

We want Pollitt! Brick Pollitt! - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

We want Pollitt! Brick Pollitt!

Don't you do that. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Don't you do that.

Maggie, you stop that! - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Maggie, you stop that!

- Gooper, did you see what she did?
- Huh? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Gooper, did you see what she did? - Huh?

Why are you looking at me like that? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Why are you looking at me like that?

You can't even stand drinking
out of the same glass, can you? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You can't even stand drinking out of the same glass, ca...

No, I wouldn't. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

No, I wouldn't.

You know what I feel like - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You know what I feel like

I can't see any man but you. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I can't see any man but you.

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof

Calm down. Not now.
Now wait a minute. Not yet. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Calm down. Not now. Now wait a minute. Not yet.

Get ready now. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Hi. Hello, Mae. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Hi. Hello, Mae.

Let's go home - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I'm going to live, Maggie.
I'm going to live. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I'm going to live, Maggie. I'm going to live.

Why did you and Brick suddenly decide to drive up from New Orleans - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Why did you and Brick suddenly decide to drive up from New...

What makes him so big - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What makes him so big

Mmm, you got a nice smell about you. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Mmm, you got a nice smell about you.

You've got to - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You know, that's the first time
you've raised your voice in a long time. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You know, that's the first time you've raised your...

Don't make a fool of yourself - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Don't make a fool of yourself

Son! - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick, honey.
Sweetheart, how's your leg feel? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick, honey. Sweetheart, how's your leg feel?

I just hate locked doors in the house - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I just hate locked doors in the house

Do you make Brick happy - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Do you make Brick happy

Right there - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam

You're a drinker and i'm childless - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You're a drinker and i'm childless

You can be young without money - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You can be young without money

Where did I fail you - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Where did I fail you

Maggie the cat is alive - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Maggie the cat is alive

What were you jumping high hurdles for? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What were you jumping high hurdles for?

People like doing what they used to do - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

People like doing what they used to do

Ya little no neck monster - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Ya little no neck monster

But how in hell on earth do you imagine you're going to have a child - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

But how in hell on earth do you imagine you're going to...

Gooper honey what all have the kiddies been shot for - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Gooper honey what all have the kiddies been shot for

How's your leg feel honey - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

How's your leg feel honey

- Big Daddy should make plans.
- If he should die before... - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Big Daddy should make plans. - If he should die before...

Son, do you think a shot of that whiskey
would injure my spastic condition? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Son, do you think a shot of that whiskey would injure my spa...

I'm gonna pick me a choice woman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I'm gonna pick me a choice woman

- Where are you going?
- To get me another bottle. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Where are you going? - To get me another bottle.

What are you suggesting? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What are you suggesting?

- Maggie? In here.
- Can I be of assistance, Big Daddy? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Maggie? In here. - Can I be of assistance, Big Daddy?

Isn't it an awful joke, honey? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Isn't it an awful joke, honey?

I'm ashamed - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Now, here. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Grown ups don't hang up on their friends - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Grown ups don't hang up on their friends

Please, let me go home. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Please, let me go home.

They were lying, weren't they, son? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

They were lying, weren't they, son?

Brick. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Look at us, Maggie. Look at us. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Look at us, Maggie. Look at us.

- Doc. Doc!
- I wouldn't go down to him right now, Ida. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Doc. Doc! - I wouldn't go down to him right now, Ida.

Your claws are showing - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Your claws are showing

What's all this about - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What's all this about

Sometimes I wish I had a pill to make people disappear - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Sometimes I wish I had a pill to make people disappear

We never were a very happy family - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

We never were a very happy family

Gooper is your first born - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Gooper is your first born

You shut up - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

It was the punch bowl - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

It was the punch bowl

This is a deliberate campaign to ruin Brick - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

This is a deliberate campaign to ruin Brick

You said I never loved Big Daddy - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

You said I never loved Big Daddy

Or will or will never - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Or will or will never

- Give me your hand.
- I don't want your hand. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

- Give me your hand. - I don't want your hand.

It's all wet from the rain. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

It's all wet from the rain.

Get me that... - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

So you bought me a birthday present - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

So you bought me a birthday present

Here's to my last birthday. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Here's to my last birthday.

Why'd you let Mama buy all this stuff - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Why'd you let Mama buy all this stuff

Worthless! - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Don't, son. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Nothing at all - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Yeah, I loved him. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Yeah, I loved him.

Did I tell you all those stories
about my old man? - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Did I tell you all those stories about my old man?

That's all - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I'm talking in Big Daddy's languge now - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I'm talking in Big Daddy's languge now

The storm done any damage Big Daddy - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The storm done any damage Big Daddy

What's that smell in this room - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

What's that smell in this room

There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of...

He's wearing Brick's birthday present - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

He's wearing Brick's birthday present

Ever in your born days ever hear such a bald faced lie - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Ever in your born days ever hear such a bald faced lie

That's the truth - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

That's the truth

Yeah. That girl's got life in her,
all right. - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Yeah. That girl's got life in her, all right.

Thank you for keeping still - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Thank you for keeping still

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Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Richard Brooks

Writer: Richard Brooks (screenplay), James Poe (screenplay), Tennessee Williams (play)

Production: Avon Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama

Year: 1958

MetaScore: 84/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Aug 1958

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations.

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