In this consensual screen classic, Marlon Brando is electrifying as working-class hunk Stanley Kowalski, reprising his Broadway role in Tennessee Williams's most famous play. Elia Kazan, who directed the play in New York, made the trek west for the film, joined by Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl
Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Peg Hillias, and Edna Thomas from the stage version. Only Jessica Tandy, who had been a smash as Blanche DuBois on Broadway, was replaced--studio chiefs felt that she wasn't well-known enough for the movie. The role went to Vivien Leigh, who had been starring in a
London presentation of the play directed by her husband, Laurence Olivier. The resulti...
Released:
1951
Rated:
NR
Length:
125 mins