Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
- Won 4 Oscars
- 18 wins & 15 nominations total
James Adamson
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Irene Allen
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Mel Archer
- Foreman
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
Dahn Ben Amotz
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs the film progresses, the set of the Kowalski apartment actually gets smaller to heighten the suggestion of Blanche's increasing claustrophobia.
- GoofsWhen Stanley comes back from taking Stella to the hospital, he is looking for a bottle opener. He finds it on the mantelpiece, shakes up a bottle of beer, and opens it. The beer foams up and spills on his trousers. But if you watch at the moment when he swings himself up to sit on the table - before he opens the bottle - you can see that the front of his trousers are already wet. Apparently they re-shot it without him changing into dry trousers.
- Alternate versionsThe scene in which Blanche and Stanley first meet was edited a bit to take out some of the sexual tension that both had towards each other when the film was first released in 1951. In 1993, this footage was restored in the "Original Director's Version" of the film. The three minutes of newly-added footage sticks out from the rest of the film because Warner Brothers did not bother to restore these extra film elements along with the rest of the movie, leaving them very scratchy due to deterioration.
- ConnectionsEdited into Un Américain nommé Kazan (2018)
- SoundtracksIt's Only a Paper Moon
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Billy Rose
Sung by Vivien Leigh while doing her hair
Featured review
... of two powerhouse juggernauts. Absolutely dripping with tension, acrimony and bitterness as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski lock horns in their own uniquely individual way with the backdrop a dark, drenched and run down part of New Orleans. Coupled with a pair of superb supporting performances that amplify and escalate the whole to a unique plateau, you'll feel as though you've been run down by an out of control steam train, flattened by a steamroller to be reformed in a furnace fuelled by fear, frustration and desire.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tramvaj zvan ceznja
- Filming locations
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA(railway station)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $53,162
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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