Patty Ann Gerrity

Thrilling performances by Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives make this adaptation of Tennessee Williams's story about a wealthy plantation owner succumbing to cancer one of the most acclaimed movies in history.

Members of an avaricious Southern clan scramble to curry favor with dying, wealthy patriarch Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt (Burl Ives) in this Oscar-nominated adaptation of playwright Tennessee Williams's sizzling stage drama. Paul Newman stars as alcoholic ex-football star Brick Pollitt, whose self-pity and drunken malice jeopardize not only his inheritance, but also his marriage to the seductive Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor).

Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives make this adaptation of Tennessee Williams's story about a plantation owner succumbing to cancer one of the most acclaimed movies in history.

Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives make this adaptation of Tennessee Williams's story about a plantation owner succumbing to cancer one of the most acclaimed movies in history.