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Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden star in this film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in New Orleans' French Quarter. Lonely and fragile Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Leigh), desperate to maintain her fraying sanity, suffers her brutish brother-in-law's (Brando) relentless, badgering attempts to make her face reality--which eventually lead her to madness.

1951 · 2h 2m
Director Elia Kazan

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A Streetcar Named Desire

Drama

Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden star in this film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in New Orleans' French Quarter. Lonely and fragile Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Leigh), desperate to maintain her fraying sanity, suffers her brutish brother-in-law's (Brando) relentless, badgering attempts to make her face reality--which eventually lead her to madness.

COMMON SENSE

"Stella!" classic is powerful tale of abuse, alcoholism.

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Average 8.9
Reviews 63
Fresh 61
Rotten 2

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1951
Run Time
2 hr 2 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1951 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Original Audio
English
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English (AAC)

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English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.