Blanche Dubois, a faded Southern belle whose fortunes have crumbled to nothing, comes to New Orleans to stay with her sister, Stella. Stella’s husband, the brutish but magnetic Stanley Kowalski is suspicious of her past and puts in train a devastating chain of events which will finally destroy for all time Blanche’s already tenuous grasp on the world of reality. Stars Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Also stars Karl Malden.
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ACMI Identifier
324842
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)