National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Feb 22, 2018 | IMDB 4.5
157 min Watch NowDrama
Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
Long Day's Journey into Night
The Boys in the Band
The Mental State
Denied
Gertrud
Look in Any Window
Rendez-vous
The Misfortunates
The Best Man
Death Takes a Holiday
National Theatre Live: Antigone
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
National Theatre Live: Consent
Little Vera
National Theatre Collection: Translations
Nowhere in Moravia
After the Rehearsal
Only When I Laugh
The Dresser
Tender Mercies
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IMDB 10 | Feb , 2025
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IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 2022
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IMDB 4.1 | Jul , 2004
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2018
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IMDB 4.7 | Jul , 2014
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IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1983
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