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Suddenly, Last Summer

50 %|Jan 6, 1993|Drama, TV Movie

Catharine Holly, a poor relation of a prominent New Orleans family, seems to be insane after her cousin Sebastian dies under mysterious circumstances on a trip to Europe. Sebastian's mother, Violet Venable, trying to cloud the truth about her son's homosexuality and death, threatens to lobotomize Catharine for her incoherent utterances relating to Sebastian's demise. Under the influence of a truth serum, Catharine tells the gruesome story of Sebastian's death by cannibalism at the hands of locals whose sexual favors he sought, using Catharine as a device to attract the young men (as he had earlier used his mother).

Featured Crew

Richard Eyre
Director
Tennessee Williams
Author
Simon Curtis
Producer
Richard Hartley
Original Music Composer
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
Mark Day
Editor
Bob Crowley
Production Design
Peter Findley
Art Direction

Cast

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Maggie Smith
Violet Venable
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Natasha Richardson
Catharine Holly
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Rob Lowe
Doctor Cukrowicz
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Richard E. Grant
George Holly
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Moira Redmond
Mrs. Holly
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Gillian Raine
Miss Foxhill
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Rosaleen Linehan
Sister Felicity