She was always physically repelled by her husband and men""s aggressive tendencies.But a virginal Deanie is already experiencing (and repressing) strong, out-of-control physical drives, although she struggles with wanting to be ""a good girl"" and worries about staying pure until marriage.Distraught, she falls to her knees next to her wounded, but conscious husband and protectively hugs him.Her role was as the passionate, sexually-frustrated, feline Maggie ("The Cat" in the film""s itle) whose advances and lustful sensuality are thwarted by the unloving temperament of her alcoholic, injured, impotent, and apathetic husband Brick (Paul Newman) who is still suffering from the suicidal death of his (homosexual) friend Skipper, and also has suffered a broken ankle.Wooden barrels of beer are hauled by a horse-drawn wagon, and beer is hand-carried (in pails hanging from a long plank) from a saloon across the busy street.