Suddenly, Last Summer
7.285
289 reviews
Thriller/Drama
1h 54m
1959
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...
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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.
- DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
- Release22 December 1959
- Genre
- Duration1h 54m
- Budget$3,000,000
- Revenue$9,000,000
- Rate7.285289 reviews
- Productions
Horizon Pictures, Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films, Columbia Pictures
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Holly
Katharine Hepburn
Violet Venable
Montgomery Clift
Dr. Cukrowicz
Albert Dekker
Lawrence Hockstader
Mercedes McCambridge
Grace Holly
Gary Raymond
George Holly
Mavis Villiers
Miss Foxhill
Patricia Marmont
Nurse Benson
Joan Young
Sister Felicity
Maria Britneva
Lucy
Eddie Fisher
Street Urchin (uncredited)
Sheila Raynor
Mother of Young Patient (uncredited)
Julián Ugarte
Sebastian Venable (uncredited)
Gore Vidal
Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
Rita Webb
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Patient (uncredited)
Roberta Woolley
Nurse (uncredited)
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