Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

USA, 108 min
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Basic facts

Original title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1959-02-02

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie Pollitt

Paul Newman
Brick Pollitt

Burl Ives
Big Daddy Pollitt

Judith Anderson
Big Mama Pollitt

Jack Carson
Gooper Pollitt

Madeleine Sherwood
Mae "Sister Woman" Pollitt

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Titles

Original title
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Swedish release title
  • Katt på hett plåttak

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Special Effects
Camera Operator
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor Maggie Pollitt
Paul Newman Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives Big Daddy Pollitt
Judith Anderson Big Mama Pollitt
Jack Carson Gooper Pollitt
Madeleine Sherwood Mae "Sister Woman" Pollitt
Larry Gates doktor Baugh
Vaughn Taylor Deacon Davis
- Ej krediterade:
Patty Ann Gerrity Dixie Pollitt
Rusty Stevens Sonny Pollitt
Hugh Corcoran Buster Pollitt
Deborah Miller Trixie Pollitt
Brian Corcoran "Boy" Pollitt
Vince Townsend Jr. Lacey, betjänt
Zelda Cleaver Sookey, tjänstekvinna
Bobby Johnson Pollitts stallskötare
Walter Merrill partygäst
Jeane Wood partygäst

Companies

Production Company Avon Productions Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1958-08-12 (LP11871)
Avon Productions Inc. 1958-08-12 (LP11871)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1959
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 93368
Date 1959-01-20
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2950 meters
Notes Speltid: 108 minuter. Aktlängder: 475, 465, 505, 450, 420, 430, 205.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Metrocolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2950 meter
Length in minutes 108 min
Reels 13 reels


Original work

Original title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Play)
Author Tennessee Williams


Production location

1958-03-06 1958-05-19
MGM Studios, 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Coleman Estate, Muttontown, Oyster Bay Long Island, New York USA

Release dates

First showing 1958-09-18 New York City, New York USA 108 min
Release in Sweden 1959-02-02 Fontänen Stockholm Sweden 108 min
1959-02-02 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 108 min
TV showing 1973-09-28 TV1 Sweden
1979-01-23 TV1 Sweden
2000-05-26 SVT1 Sweden 103 min
DVD release 2001-07-12 Sweden
TV showing 2003-01-20 SVT2 Sweden 103 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-11-03
2008-11-07
2010-10-01
2010-10-02
Cinematheque screening 2016-10-10 Victoria Stockholm Sweden

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Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2857


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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