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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Summary

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,511 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Richard Brooks[4]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Brooks[5], James Poe[6]
  • Composer: Charles Wolcott[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8]
  • Based on: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof[9]
  • Cast member: Elizabeth Taylor[10], Paul Newman[11], Burl Ives[12], Jack Carson[13], Judith Anderson[14], Madeleine Sherwood[15], Vaughn Taylor[16], Larry Gates[17]
  • Producer: Lawrence Weingarten[18]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[19], KCET[20]
  • Director of photography: William H. Daniels[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
  • Commons category: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 97%[25], 84/100[26]
  • Color: color[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: August 23, 1958[29], August 29, 1958[30], December 20, 1958[31]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[32], Netflix[33]
  • Narrative location: Mississippi[34]
  • Main subject: alcoholism[35], colorectal cancer[36]
  • Film editor: Ferris Webster[37]
  • Described by source: [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases][38]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[39], Academy Award for Best Actor[40], Academy Award for Best Actress[41], Academy Award for Best Director[42], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color[43], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[44]
  • Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof[45]
  • After a work by: Tennessee Williams[46]

Why It Matters

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did Cat on a Hot Tin Roof receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Burl Ives Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Elizabeth Taylor film Judith Anderson Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mississippi Netflix Paul Newman Richard Brooks Tennessee Williams United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cv', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en', 'es',
    Ampas collections film id → W060396
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 51459
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 7514
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → William A. Horning
    Described by source → Il cancro sul grande schermo. Quanto, come e quando il cinema si occupa delle malattie oncologiche
    Publication date → +1958-08-23T00:00:00Z, +1958-08-29T00:00:00Z, +1958-12-20T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Richard Brooks, James Poe
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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