A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Starring:
- Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, (more)
- Director(s):
- Elia Kazan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Drama
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In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards Blanche's aristocratic affectations as a royal pain but also thinks she's holding out on inheritance money that rightfully belongs to Stella. On the fringes of sanity, Blanche is trying to forget her checkered past and start life anew. Attracted to Stanley's friend Mitch (Karl Malden), she glosses over the less savory incidents in her past, but she soon discovers that she cannot outrun that past, and the stage is set for her final, brutal confrontation with her brother-in-law. Brando, Hunter, and Malden had all starred in the original Broadway version of Streetcar, although the original Blanche had been Jessica Tandy. Brando lost out to Humphrey Bogart for the 1951 Best Actor Oscar, but Leigh, Hunter, and Malden all won Oscars. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 122 mins
Complete Cast of A Streetcar Named Desire
- Vivien Leigh - Blanche Dubois
- Kim Hunter - Stella Kowalski
- Rudy Bond - Steve Hubbell
- Peg Hillias - Eunice Hubbell
- Ann Dere - The Matron
- Chester Jones - Street Vendor
- Mickey Kuhn - Sailor
- Marietta Canty - Black Woman
- Lyle Latell - Policeman
- Marlon Brando - Stanley Kowalski
- Karl Malden - Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
- Nick Dennis - Pablo Gonzales
- Richard Garrick - Doctor
- Edna Thomas - Mexican Woman
- Wright King - A Collector
- Mel Archer - Foreman
- Maxie Thrower - Passersby
- Director(s):
- Elia Kazan
- Writer(s):
- Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul
- Producer(s):
- Charles K. Feldman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Drama
- 1998 - American Film Institute - 100 Greatest American Movies
- 1952 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Actress
- 1951 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1999 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
- 1951 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
- 1951 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
- 1951 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- 1951 - Venice International Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- 1951 - Venice International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
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