The Pollitt family has begun to gather to celebrate he sixty-fifth birthday of the domineering Mississippi plantation owner and patriarch, Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives).Hendrickson and other soldiers.He deliberately disobeys the orders of Colonel Stone (Sir Guy Standing) and Major Hamilton (C.Aubrey Smith), interpreting Stone""s commands as stubborn and stiff (and afterwards calling him a martinet and a "ramrod").The film""s many taglines included:The Most Electrifying Entertainment of Our Time!It""s climaxed by the 10 breath-stopping minutes you ever lived! Don""t reveal the ending -please!Unmatched." She blames herself: "That colt didn""t throw me.I threw him...You know what happened? I saw two jumps.I tried o take him over the wrong jump...It was the ghastliest feeling.Everything went fuzzy." She has had similar physical problems in the recent past, knocking into passers-by as if she was drunk or disoriented.