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Suddenly, Last Summer

DramaThrillerMystery
1959, 1h 54min
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.
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Cast:
Albert Dekker,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Gore Vidal,
Katharine Hepburn
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Critic Kim Newman
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A one-act play by Tennessee Williams, expanded into a feature script by Gore Vidal, which makes for one of the most deliciously overripe writing combinations in film history.

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Albert Dekker
As Lawrence Hockstader
Elizabeth Taylor
As Catherine Holly
Gore Vidal
As Audience Member at Operation
Gore Vidal
Writer
Katharine Hepburn
As Violet Venable
Montgomery Clift
As Dr. Cukrowicz

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Suddenly, Last Summer was released in theaters on December 22, 1959.

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