Marlon brando and vivien leigh star in this adaptation of tennessee williams' play directed by elia kazan. Blanche dubois, a young woman, must take a streetcar to her sister's house in new orleans. She faces scorn from her brother in law and simultaneously gets attracted to his friend. Seemingly lost and broke, southern belle blanche dubois leigh travels to new orleans to visit her pregnant sister, stella kowalski kim hunter. Stella's brutish husband, stanley brando, resents blanche's presence, and is unhappy when she begins seeing his friend, mitch karl malden. The tension between blanche and stanley builds, reaching its climax when stella is taken into hospital and the pair are left alone together. The film won four academy awards including best actress in a leading role leigh, best actress in a supporting role hunter and best actor in a supporting role malden and was nominated for a further eight.