Movie
Suddenly, Last Summer
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1959-12-22
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Horizon Pictures, Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly
- Katharine Hepburn as Violet Venable
- Montgomery Clift as Dr. Cukrowicz
- Albert Dekker as Lawrence Hockstader
- Mercedes McCambridge as Grace Holly
- Gary Raymond as George Holly
- Mavis Villiers as Miss Foxhill
- Patricia Marmont as Nurse Benson
- Joan Young as Sister Felicity
- Maria Britneva as Lucy
- Sheila Robbins as Dr. Hockstader's Secretary
- David Cameron as Young Blonde Intern
Crew
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director
- Tennessee Williams - Screenplay
- Gore Vidal - Screenplay
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