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Suddenly, Last Summer

Movie
1959
1h 54m
NR
English
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
61
Suddenly Last Summer' Poster
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 Poster

Suddenly, Last Summer

NR
Movie
1959
1h 54m
English
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.
Rating
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7.6
IMDB
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
61

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

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gunsgirl says...
5 years ago
Character driven. Too much dialogue, annoying voice tones.... I didn’t like this movie.... the story was great but I couldn’t get over the other annoyances.
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John Chard
6 years ago
Talk is never cheap when sourced from Tennessee Williams.

Millionairess, Violet Venable is obsessed with her now dead son, Sebastian. Sebastian met his untimely end whilst on vacation with his cousin Catharine, an end that has sent Catharine almost to the edge of insanity. Violet, very concerned More
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JPRetana
2 years ago
Howard Hawks defined a good film as “three good scenes and no bad ones.” Suddenly, Last Summer has four very good scenes dominated by one of the two great great actresses who play the leads – or, in one instance, both.

These are long scenes but never boring, and we are at all times bolted t More
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