Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson
Genre: Drama
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 108 minutes

Elizabeth Taylor has never been sexier than as Tennessee Williams's hot-blooded Maggie "The Cat" Pollitt, prowling around her boudoir in a slinky white slip. That's how you know her alcoholic, ex-football-player husband, Brick (Paul Newman), must ha… more »



Big Mama:
Oh shoot, Maggie, you just don't like children.

Maggie:
Why that's not true! I adore them - well brought up.

Big Mama:
Well why don't you have some then and bring them up well instead of all the time pickin' on Gooper's an' Mae's?

Maggie:
Big Mama, what you said about havin' children, it's still kind of a secret but...

Big Mama:
Oh shoot, Maggie, stop playing so dumb. I mean, is he still drinkin' this stuff much?

Maggie:
Oh, well he may have had a little highball...

Big Mama:
Don't laugh about it! Some single men stop drinking when they get married. Others start. Brick never touched liquor before he was...

Maggie:
THAT'S NOT FAIR.

Big Mama:
Fair or not fair. I want to ask you a question, one question: 'Do ya make Brick happy?' Well?

Maggie:
Why don't you ask me if he makes me happy?

Big Mama:
Cause I know that...

Maggie:
It works both ways.

Big Mama:
Somethin' ain't right. You're childless and our son drinks... When a marriage goes on the rocks, the rocks are there, right there!

Maggie:
That's not fair.

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