---
title: 'A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elia Kazan'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-streetcar-named-desire-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044081/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

1951 · PG · 120 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The film tells the story of a Mississippi Southern belle, Blanche DuBois (Leigh), who, after encountering a series of personal losses, seeks refuge with her sister (Hunter) and brother-in-law (Brando) in a dilapidated New Orleans apartment building. The original Broadway production and cast was converted to film, albeit with several changes and sanitizations related to censorship.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)
- **Screenplay:** [Tennessee Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/tennessee-williams), [Oscar Saul](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-saul)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex North](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-north)
- **Producer:** [Charles K. Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-k-feldman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [David Weisbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-weisbart)

## Cast

- [Karl Malden](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-malden)
- [Vivien Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivien-leigh) as Blanche DuBois
- [Marietta Canty](https://cinepixo.com/people/marietta-canty)
- [Kim Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-hunter) as Stella Kowalski
- [Marlon Brando](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlon-brando) as Stanley Kowalski
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [Wright King](https://cinepixo.com/people/wright-king)
- [Mickey Kuhn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-kuhn)
- [Richard Garrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-garrick)
- [Rudy Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudy-bond)
- [Peg Hillias](https://cinepixo.com/people/peg-hillias)
- [Nick Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-dennis)

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