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In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards Blanche's aristocratic .. Read more

Starring	Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Director	Elia Kazan
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- The film in which the Marlon mumble and scratch gave the Method a bad name and Tennessee Williams a yellow paper... read more on Time Out
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  Desireless
  
  I watched this thinking I'd love it, but i watched it hoping it would hurry up and end. It all seemed a bit wooden, although Marlon Brandon did look ... read more »
  
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  - Francis Houseman
  - Autumn Falls, England
  - 29 Sep 2005 at 12:34
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  Glad I watched it
  
  Always wanted to watch this film and I was not disappointed, Marlon Brando is excellent and beautiful looking as Stanley, the husband of por Stella who loves ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Nov 2011 at 11:05
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  Bombshell Brando
  
  Absolutely electric performance from Marlon Brando in this classic film from Elia Kazan. Brando plays a working class Pole in a seedy district of New Orleans ... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
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  - 08 Aug 2011 at 10:53
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  A Streetcar Named Desire
  
  This toned-down version of a play by Tennessee Williams touches on the subjects of alcoholism, pretentiousness, promiscuity, domestic violence, rape and madness... read more »
  
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  - North of Watford
  - 01 Mar 2011 at 20:32
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  OK but not great
  
  If you want to see classic Brando then perhaps On the Waterfront is better. Seemed a little claustrophobic but maybe that was the point. Felt more sorry for ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 08 Jan 2011 at 15:20
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  Brilliant Brando
  
  I'd heard a great deal about this film before watching it and it didn't quite live up to my expectations. However, Brando was in top form, (both looks ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 15 Aug 2010 at 20:55
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  Brando and Leigh at their best
  
  “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers” one of the most famous and tragic lines in film history and the major flaw that takes our ... read more »
  
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  - Lockerbie
  - 01 Jun 2010 at 19:04
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  bonus disc duplication
  
  a lot of the material on the bonus disc duplicates the audio commentaries on disc 1. Only the interviews with Kim Hunter were extra.
  
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  - 07 Apr 2010 at 22:10
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  Fantastic Old School Film
  
  They just don't make them like this any more!! Brilliant plot, brilliant actors with the fabulous vivien Leigh on top form and Brando was marvelous as ever... read more »
  
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  - 07 Jan 2010 at 22:35
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  A lost opportunity
  
  Re-viewing this film after a long gap I have to say that it does not really impress. Mainly this is down to director Kazan who waters down the best bits of ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Mar 2009 at 14:58
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  excellent
  
  excellent sunday afternoon film, great performance from Brando, good story, also funny with being an older film the things they said and did!!! Well worth a ... read more »
  
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  Desireless
  
  I watched this thinking I'd love it, but i watched it hoping it would hurry up and end. It all seemed a bit wooden, although Marlon Brandon did look ... read more »
  
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  - Francis Houseman
  - Autumn Falls, England
  - 29 Sep 2005 at 12:34
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  Brando in his spectacular role as the dashing and brutal Stanley Kowalski
  
  Marlon Brando sets the standards for future actors in his role as Stanley Kowalski. Although there have been many more film adaptations after this one, no other... read more »
  
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- - Irfan Lamba
  - England, Reading
  - 02 Dec 2004 at 10:09
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  Unmissable
  
  Searing adaptation of one of Tennessee Williams' finest plays, this boasts extraordinary performances all round as fading, neurotic Southern belle Blanche ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
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  - 20 Aug 2006 at 17:08
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  Good in it's Day
  
  Fantastic acting if they were on stage.
  
  The cast in this film says - this will be good, but for modern eyes it looks like a bit of adult panto. The ... read more »
  
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- - John Wilson
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  - 14 Jun 2006 at 10:00
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  Classic!
  
  Brilliant story, superbly acted by excellent cast!
  
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  - 15 Jun 2007 at 17:31
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  Great
  
  Brilliant performances allround have made this film one of the all time 'greats'. vivien leigh as the neurotic blanch dubois is excellent, in fact she ... read more »
  
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  A Streetcar Named Desire
  
  This toned-down version of a play by Tennessee Williams touches on the subjects of alcoholism, pretentiousness, promiscuity, domestic violence, rape and madness... read more »
  
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  - North of Watford
  - 01 Mar 2011 at 20:32
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  Bombshell Brando
  
  Absolutely electric performance from Marlon Brando in this classic film from Elia Kazan. Brando plays a working class Pole in a seedy district of New Orleans ... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
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  - 08 Aug 2011 at 10:53
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  'I've always depended on the kindness of Strangers'
  
  A fantastic tale of desire, memory, the past, sex, death, magic, fantasy, power and much more. Award winning performances by Brando as Stanley 'I'm the ... read more »
  
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  - 26 May 2006 at 14:15
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  Brando and Leigh contrast and compliment
  
  Having already been a massive fan of Marlon Brando especially having seen his other collaboration with director Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront), I was really ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Jul 2006 at 12:52

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  In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), in a seedy section of New Orleans. Stella's boorish husband, Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), not only regards ...