TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brooks,Richard
AU  - Ives,Burl
AU  - Jack Carson
AU  - Judith Anderson
AU  - Larry Gates
AU  - Madeleine Sherwood
AU  - Paul Newman
AU  - Elizabeth Taylor
TI  - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
AV  - DVD 001089 
PY  - 1958///
CY  - USA
PB  - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
KW  - Drama
N1  - Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son; Tennessee Williams
N2  - Based on the play by Tennessee Williams: A party is planned for the 65th birthday of family patriarch 'Big Daddy', but not everyone is in a festive mood. Big Daddy's son Brick, a one-time star athlete, has a drinking problem and has become cold towards his wife Maggie, though she still desperately loves him. Brick's older brother Gooper and his wife hope to gain control over Big Daddy's estate. Big Daddy himself is just coming home from a clinic where he has been tested for cancer. When his doctor tells the family the results of the tests, the family's accumulated lies, frustrations, and secrets quickly begin to come out
UR  - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0051459/
ER  -