Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brilliant acting and seven Oscar nominations distinguish this screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play. Burl Ives is intrepid as Big Daddy, a rich plantation owner dying of cancer who finds both his sons inadequate. One son (Jack Carson) is a conniver and the other (Paul Newman) is an alcoholic ex-football player who refuses to sleep with his wife (Elizabeth Taylor). “Williams’ study of a crumbling southern patriarchy is riveting stuff.” Austin Chronicle