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    Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)

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    Marlon Brando is masterful in this Tennessee Williams story about fragile Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) who comes to New Orleans to stay with her younger sister, Stella (Kim Hunter) and Stella’s brutish husband Stanley Kowalski (Brando) in their cramped, sweltering apartment.

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    Blanche’s world of make-believe is shattered by Stanley and his revelations about her. Under his resentful bullying, Blanche’s last hopes are brutally destroyed and she retreats into a psychotic state.

    The story often creaks, as Williams attempts to contrast the new cultural values with the decaying values of the Old South, but the acting is among the best in American cinema history.

    All the performances are near-perfect, and Vivien Leigh as Blanche is absolutely brilliant. She won an Oscar for the portrayal, as did Kim Hunter who played Stella, and Karl Malden who played Blanche’s suitor. Brando was beaten to the Oscar by Humphrey Bogart for African Queen (1951).

    The on-location New Orleans photography of Harry Stradling blends vividly with the mood created by the actors.

    A 1984 TV movie version starring Ann-Margret and Treat Williams was surprisingly good.

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    Blanche DuBois
    Vivien Leigh
    Stanley Kowalski
    Marlon Brando
    Stella Kowalski
    Kim Hunter
    Mitch
    Karl Malden
    Steve Hubbell
    Rudy Bond
    Pablo Gonzales
    Nick Dennis
    Eunice Hubbell
    Peg Hillias
    Doctor
    Richard Garrick
    Matron
    Ann Dere

    Director
    Elia Kazan

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