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Suddenly, Last Summer is a 1959 Southern Gothic mystery film based on the 1958 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film was shot in England, Spain and the Balearic Islands.
Suddenly, Last Summer: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker. A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1960-01
Summaries. A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret. Wealthy harridan Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) attempts to bribe Dr. John Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young psycho-surgeon from a New Orleans, Louisiana mental hospital that is desperately in need of funds, into ...
Suddenly, Last Summer is a 1959 drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly, who is institutionalized after witnessing a traumatic event, and Katharine Hepburn as her aunt, Violet Venable, who seeks to protect her deceased son’s reputation.
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.
Her aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), wants to hide the events of her son's death and attempts to bribe young surgeon Dr. John Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) to perform a lobotomy on...
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
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