A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1984 American TV movie directed by John Erman and based on the 1947 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film stars Ann-Margret and Treat Williams and premiered on ABC on March 4, 1984.

A Streetcar Named Desire
Genre	Drama
Based on	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Written by	Oscar Saul
Directed by	John Erman
Starring	Ann-Margret Treat Williams Beverly D'Angelo Randy Quaid
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Keith Barish Craig Baumgarten
Producer	Marc Trabulus
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editor	Jerrold L. Ludwig
Running time	119 minutes
Production company	Keith Barish Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 4, 1984 (1984-03-04)

Cast

• Ann-Margret as Blanche DuBois
• Treat Williams as Stanley Kowalski
• Beverly D'Angelo as Stella DuBois Kowalski
• Randy Quaid as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
• Erica Yohn as Eunice
• Fred Sadoff as Doctor
• Elsa Raven as Nurse
• Rafael Campos as Pablo
• Ric Mancini as Steve
• Raphael Sbarge as The Collector

Awards

The film was nominated in 1984 for 11 36th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special, acting awards for Ann-Margret, D'Angelo and Quaid, plus the directing award for John Erman. It did not win those, but did win four awards, for cinematography, film editing, sound, and art direction.

In 1985, Ann-Margret won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Treat Williams.

External links

• A Streetcar Named Desire at IMDb
• A Streetcar Named Desire at AllMovie
• A Streetcar Named Desire at the TCM Movie Database