A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

In director Elia Kazan's brilliant film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play:

• the sexy and electrifying image of an animalistic, muscle-bound, beefy and inarticulate Stanley Kowalski (Oscar-nominated Marlon Brando) in a torn, sweaty T-shirt, on the street, bellowing and screaming up to his wife: "Hey Stell lahhhh..."
• pregnant Stella's (Oscar-winning Kim Hunter) descent on the stairs when Stanley begged for forgiveness from her and they shared a close embrace - with his ear against her swollen body to hear their unborn child's heartbeat
• the scene of faded Southern belle Blanche's (Oscar-winning Vivien Leigh) conversation with a young newspaper boy (Wright King); he reminded her of her young husband who had committed suicide, and still neurotically grieving, she wanted to subconsciously make up for his death; she caused the bashful young man to linger with small talk, and then seductively offered herself for a maternal kiss

Blanche Kissing Young Boy (Wright King)

• the vicious interplay and tension between Stanley and Blanche
• the "I'm the King around here..." dinner scene
• Mitch's (Oscar-winning Karl Malden) scene with Blanche holding her face up to a naked light bulb
• Blanche exclaimed: "No, not now!" as the black-shrouded woman selling flowers moved straight toward the front door, incanting: "Flores para los muertos" ("Flowers for the dead")
• the final confrontation (assault-rape scene) between Stanley and Blanche in the apartment

Prelude to Stanley's Rape of Blanche

Rough-housing/Rape Assault

Blanche Thrown Into Mirror - Causing Her to Faint or to Be Knocked Unconscious

• Blanche was led away to an asylum by an elderly gentleman with her farewell: "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"