Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

'I'm not living with you', Maggie snaps at Brick. 'We occupy the same cage, that's all'. The raw emotions and crackling dialogue of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize play rumble like a thunderstorm in this film version, whose fiery performances and grown-up themes made it one of 1958's top box-office hits.

Paul Newman is troubled ex-sports hero Brick and a performance that marked a transition to richer adult roles, Elizabeth Taylor is Maggie the Cat a vivid portrait of passionate loyalty.

Also starring Burl Ives, Judith Anderson and Jack Carson, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof sizzles.

Classification: PG

Running time: 104 minutes