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Suddenly, Last Summer

73 %|Dec 22, 1959|Thriller, Drama, Mystery

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.

Featured Crew

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director
Tennessee Williams
Theatre Play
Gore Vidal
Screenplay
Tennessee Williams
Screenplay
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Buxton Orr
Original Music Composer
William Hornbeck
Editor

Cast

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Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Holly
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Katharine Hepburn
Violet Venable
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Montgomery Clift
Dr. Cukrowicz
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Albert Dekker
Lawrence Hockstader
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Gary Raymond
George Holly
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Mavis Villiers
Miss Foxhill
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Patricia Marmont
Nurse Benson
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Joan Young
Sister Felicity
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Sheila Robbins
Dr. Hockstader's Secretary
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David Cameron
Young Blonde Intern
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Grace Denbigh Russell
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
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Brenda Dunrich
Nurse (uncredited)
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Eddie Fisher
Street Urchin (uncredited)
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Frank Merlo
Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
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Sheila Raynor
Mother of Young Patient (uncredited)
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Beatrice Shaw
Elderly Lady (uncredited)
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Florence Stark
Patient (uncredited)
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Julián Ugarte
Sebastian Venable (uncredited)
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Gore Vidal
Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
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Rita Webb
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
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Sandra White
Young Patient (uncredited)
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Ian Wilson
Patient (uncredited)
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Roberta Woolley
Nurse (uncredited)