Suddenly, Last Summer

7.3 / 10

(300 votes)

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

Country:

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Thriller,

Drama,

Mystery

Duration:

114 minutes

Year:

1959

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Company:

Horizon Pictures,

Academy Pictures Corporation,

Camp Films,

Columbia Pictures

Budget:

$3,000,000

Revenue:

$9,000,000

Cast:
Elizabeth Taylor

Catherine Holly

Katharine Hepburn

Violet Venable

Montgomery Clift

Dr. Cukrowicz

Albert Dekker

Lawrence Hockstader

Mercedes McCambridge

Grace Holly

Crew:
Thomas Stanford

Editor

William Kellner

Art Direction

Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer

Tennessee Williams

Screenplay

Tennessee Williams

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