Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In a plantation house, a family celebrates the 65th birthday of Big Daddy. But there is more to this gathering than a family reunion -- Big Daddy is dying of cancer, and he hasn't decided which of his sons will inherit the estate. Intrusive, conniving relatives plot to disrupt the event, eager to see daughter-in-law Maggie put in her place and her husband, Brick, tumbled from his position of most-beloved son.