A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951)
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Synopsis
Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden star in this film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in New Orleans' French Quarter. Lonely and fragile Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Leigh), desperate to maintain her fraying sanity, suffers her brutish brother-in-law's (Brando) relentless, badgering attempts to make her face reality--which eventually lead her to madness. Winner of four Academy Awards.
Directors
Elia Kazan, David Weisbart, Warner Bros., Alex North, Harry Stradling Jr., Richard Day
Production year
1951
Rating
PG
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
125 minutes
Cast
Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, Rudy Bond