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Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one of Tennessee Williams best-known stage plays. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for it in 1955.

The 1958 movie based on Williams's play was adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe.

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