Brick Pollit (P. Newman) bio je sportska zvijezda na koledžu. Nakon što se ozlijedio, dolazi kući na štakama, sa suprugom Margaret zvanom 'Mačka' (E. Taylor), kako bi s cijelom obitelji proslavio 65. rođendan svoga oca, Harveya Pollitta zvanog 'Veliki tata' (B. Ives). Brick se opija jer je u depresiji i njegov odnos s Maggie nije u najboljoj fazi. 'Veliki tata' stiže kući s pregleda u bolnici gdje su mu zatajili da umire od raka. Maggie moli Bricka da s ocem sredi detalje oko nasljedstva, ali Bricka to ne zanima. Takvo Brickovo ponašanje razljuti njegova oca i on želi znati zbog čega je Brick takav, no ne uspijeva ništa doznati od sina.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood
Crew: Charles Wolcott (Original Music Composer), Lawrence Weingarten (Producer), James Poe (Screenplay), Ferris Webster (Editor), Van Allen James (Sound Designer), Richard Brooks (Screenplay)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Avon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: 108 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 29, 1958
IMDb: 3.356
Keywords:dying and death, depression, individual, suicide, jealousy, husband wife relationship, southern usa, mississippi river, plantation, patriarch, based on play or musical, inheritance, sibling rivalry, brother against brother, alcoholic, dying father, family conflicts, father son conflict, southern gothic, star athlete, homosexual subtext, cotton plantation, mississippi
