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6.3/10
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A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Tom Ahearne
- Tom the Bartender
- (uncredited)
John Armstrong
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Dan Bergin
- Elevator Man
- (uncredited)
Joseph Boley
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Don Burns
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Whitfield Connor
- Anderson
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaDame Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Mike Todd, had planned for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) to be her final movie, as she intended to retire from the screen. Todd had made a verbal agreement about this with MGM, but after his death, MGM forced Taylor to make this movie in order to fulfill the terms of her studio contract. As a result, Taylor refused to speak to director Daniel Mann for the entire production and hated this movie.
- GoofsA crew member's arm is visible in the mirror when Liggett stands before it and is supposedly alone.
- Quotes
Tom, the Bartender: Without her this place is dead. She's like catnip to every cat in town.
- ConnectionsEdited into Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (2012)
Featured review
La Liz's Best
Elizabeth Taylor hated making this movie (forced on her by MGM to fulfill the last part of her contract with the studio dating back to her days as a child star), and she hates it still. But whereas a lesser performer would have channeled that hatred into not trying at all on screen, La Liz instead channeled her hatred of the project by playing her part of call-girl Gloria Wandrous to the hilt, and in the process richly earned her first Academy Award (it is a far better performance than Shirley MacLaine's in "The Apartment", her chief competition that year). The story is cheap soap opera that really makes one snicker today when you see how they had to dance around the Production Code restraints of the day like never before, but watching La Liz in action is spellbinding. No other part reveals how in her prime she was the total picture of stunning beauty *and* a talented, gifted actress to boot.
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- Also known as
- Butterfield 8
- Filming locations
- Tappan Zee Bridge, Tarrytown, New York, USA(when Gloria flees Liggett at the end)
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- Budget
- $2,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $8,722
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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