Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1959-12-22
Duration:114 min
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors:Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge
Production:Horizon Pictures, Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films, Columbia Pictures

Overview:

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.

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