A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
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.
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Blanche DuBois -
Stanley Kowalski -
Stella Kowalski -
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell -
Steve Hull -
Pablo Gonzalez -
Eunice Hull -
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The Doctor -
The Matron
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The Mexican Woman
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The Helpful Sailor
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Director:
Elia KazanWriters:
Tennessee Williams (screen play), Oscar Saul (adaptation), Tennessee Williams (original play "A Streetcar Named Desire")All Cast & Crew
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Quotes
A Sailor:
Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois:
Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
Goofs
During the conversation about the Napoleonic Code between Stella and Stanley, the plate Stanley has been eating off of disappears off of the top of the trunk, which is suddenly open.
Alternate Versions
Kazan was forced to cut several seconds from the scene where Stanley calls Stella down from Eunice's apartment, particularly the shots of Stella lingering at the top of the stairs and regarding her husband with a look of pure lust on her face before slowly making her way down and meeting him in a passionate embrace. Instead, several prints had Stella shadowed, opening the door to exit the apartment, and following with a shot of her already halfway down the steps. The music cue was also different: the raw, sultry jazz score was replaced with a more flowery romantic one. Both the full scene and the original music cue were restored in the "director's cut" DVD.
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Somebody Loves Me(1924) (uncredited)
Music George Gershwin
Played by the band and used as background music
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Genres
DramaDetails
Release Date:
1 December 1951Language
English, Spanish
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,800,000 (estimated)Gross:
$8,000,000 (USA)
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