Thriller ·Drama ·Mystery · United Kingdom · 1959 · 1h 54m

Suddenly, Last Summer

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Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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
Crew
Jack Hildyard — Director of Photography Thomas Stanford — Editor William Hornbeck — Editor Malcolm Arnold — Original Music Composer Buxton Orr — Original Music Composer Tennessee Williams — Screenplay
Tagline

Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
operationspainwidowhungerlieturtlepostdysfunctional familymental institutionmemoryhospitalpsychiatrist
Key Collaborators
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director Jack Hildyard Director of Photography Thomas Stanford Editor William Hornbeck Editor Malcolm Arnold Original Music Composer Buxton Orr Original Music Composer Tennessee Williams Screenplay Gore Vidal Screenplay Sam Spiegel Producer Oliver Messel Production Design Oliver Messel Costume Design Jean Louis Costume Design
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