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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Why this pick
Shares the sweltering Southern Gothic atmosphere, family power struggles and emotionally charged verbal sparring, with another tightly wound portrait of desire and inheritance.
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MOVIE1958 1h 55m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Paul Newman
Ben Quick
Joanne Woodward
Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa
Jody Varner
Orson Welles
Will Varner
Lee Remick
Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury
Minnie Littlejohn
Richard Anderson
Alan Stewart
Sarah Marshall
Agnes Stewart