Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Just one pillow on her bed... and just one desire in her heart.

Aug 29, 1958 1h 48m

7.653

767 votes

Drama

Synopsis

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Title	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Companies	Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	dying and death, depression, individual, suicide, jealousy, husband wife relationship, southern usa, mississippi river, plantation, patriarch, based on play or musical, inheritance, sibling rivalry, brother against brother, cynical, alcoholic, dying father, family conflict, angry, father son conflict, southern gothic, anxious, daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship, star athlete, cotton plantation, mississippi, authoritarian, condescending