Jun 10th     
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*      
(US 1958)
MGM/Avon. 108m.    

Smouldering family tensions in a Deep South plantation where the dying owner is wanting to pass the inheritance over to his alcoholic and sexually repressed son.  
A daring but nonetheless slightly toned down adaptation of a play typical of its author's distinctive Southern drawl, with the principals all acting as if they were in different films. 

Written by: Richard Brooks, James Poe, from the play by Tennessee Williams.
Producer: Laurence Weingarten.
Director: Richard Brooks.
Starring: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor.
Photography: William Daniels.
Music: Charles Wolcott.

Preceded by:
Look at Life: Putting on an Act*      
(Gb 1965. 10m. Amateur theatre at various local societies around Britain.; narr: Tim Turner.)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Not exactly subtle, and with acting very theatrical, but it became a commercial hit. The poster of Elizabeth Taylor probably helped.