Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!
114 min
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
- December 22, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $9,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly
- Katharine Hepburn as Mrs. Violet Venable
- Montgomery Clift as Dr. Cukrowicz
- Albert Dekker as Dr. Hockstader
- Mercedes McCambridge as Mrs. Holly
- Gary Raymond as George Holly
- Mavis Villiers as Miss Foxhill
- Patricia Marmont as Nurse Benson
- Joan Young as Sister Felicity
- Maria Britneva as Lucy
Crew
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Director
- Gore Vidal · Writer
- Tennessee Williams · Writer
- Sam Spiegel · Producer
- Malcolm Arnold · Composer
- Buxton Orr · Composer
- Jack Hildyard · Cinematographer
- William Hornbeck · Editor
- Thomas Stanford · Editor
- Oliver Messel · Production designer