Suddenly, Last Summer poster
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams

Suddenly, Last Summer

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

Release Date: 1959-12-22

Duration: 114 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Elizabeth Taylor
    Catherine Holly
  • Montgomery Clift
    Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Mercedes McCambridge
    Grace Holly
  • Katharine Hepburn
    Violet Venable
  • Sheila Raynor
    Mother of Young Patient (uncredited)
  • Patricia Marmont
    Nurse Benson
  • Gore Vidal
    Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
  • Eddie Fisher
    Street Urchin (uncredited)
  • Gary Raymond
    George Holly
  • Joan Young
    Sister Felicity