Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

7.6	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring (View all)

Catherine Holly

Mrs. Violet Venable

Dr. Cukrowicz

Dr. Lawrence J. Hockstader

Mercedes McCambridge

Mrs. Grace Holly

Gary Raymond

George Holly

Mavis Villiers

Miss Foxhill

Patricia Marmont

Nurse Benson

Written by

Tennessee Williams

Gore Vidal

(screenplay)

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Start at the emotional TOP and go UP!

3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 23 23:53

Tim J.

A crisp psychological drama...chew that scenery!

Suddenly, Last Summer is a wild psycho ride with Katharine Hepburn and Liz Taylor driving the cart to crazy town...

IMDb describes the film briefly as "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 ... read more

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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.

Release date : 22 December 1959
UPC: 043396047525

Thriller (6), Drama (5), Lobotomy (4), Attempted Suicide (4), Mental Institution (3), Cannibalism (3), Prostitution (3), Mental Breakdown (3), Inheritance (3), Money (3), Melodrama (3), Amnesia (3), Brain Surgery (3), Memory (2), Lie (2), Spain (2), Widow (2), 1950s (2), Dysfunctional Family (2), Hospital (2)

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