Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Richard Brooks · Starring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor
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.
Where was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof filmed?
- Memphis, United States, Memphis – Exterior establishing shots of the Pollitt family plantation house and surrounding grounds. Richard Brooks shot key exterior sequences in Memphis and surrounding Tennessee areas to establish the Southern Gothic atmosphere of the Delta plantation setting
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Interior scenes of the Pollitt house, including the bedroom sequences between Maggie and Brick. The majority of the film's interior sequences, particularly the iconic bedroom scenes with Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, were filmed on constructed sets at MGM Studios in Culver City