Suddenly, Last Summer

• 7.3 Thriller
• 1959-12-22
• 114 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer:

Tennessee Williams Gore Vidal