Boom!

Boom!

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1968-05-26
Duration:113 min
Director:Joseph Losey
Actors:Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward, Joanna Shimkus, Michael Dunn
Production:Moon Lake, Universal Pictures, John Heyman Productions

Overview:

Secluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his attraction to the dying rich, poet Chris Flanders ingratiates himself with the wilting Sissy. Although her friend explains Flanders' "Angel of Death" nature to her, Sissy embraces the vulture-like Flanders.

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