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, A Streetcar Named Desire.

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.

Winner of four Academy Awards:
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Karl Malden)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kim Hunter)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

Academy Award nominations:
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marlon Brando)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Writing, Screenplay
Best Cinematography, Black-and-white
Best Costume Design, Black-and-white
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Best Sound, Recording