Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

114 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 22, 1959

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.

Suddenly, Last Summer

114 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 22, 1959

Suddenly, Last Summer
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures (II), Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films
Original title Suddenly, Last Summer
Directors Jake Wright, Patrick Clayton, Bluey Hill, Elaine Schreyeck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams

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

Mavis Villiers

as Miss Foxhill

Patricia Marmont

as Nurse Benson

Joan Young

as Sister Felicity

Maria Britneva

as Lucy

Sheila Robbins

as Dr. Hockstader's Secretary

Julián Ugarte

as Sebastian Venable

Eddie Fisher

as Street Urchin

David Cameron

as Young Blonde Intern

Beatrice Shaw

as Elderly Lady

Frank Merlo

as Audience Member at Operation

Gore Vidal

as Audience Member at Operation

Sheila Raynor

as Mother of Young Patient

Sandra White

as Young Patient

Rita Webb

as Asylum Patient

Ian Wilson

as Patient

Florence Stark

as Patient

Brenda Dunrich

as Nurse

Roberta Woolley

as Nurse

Grace Denbigh Russell

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)