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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.
In this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, young socialite Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is traumatized and committed after witnessing her cousin's violent death on a trip to Europe.
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Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is a young woman institutionalized for a severe emotional disturbance that came about when her cousin, Sebastian Venable, died under questionable circumstances while they were on holiday in Spain a few months earlier.
Synopsis. In 1937, at the Lyons View State Asylum in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. John Cukrowicz performs a delicate experimental surgery known as a lobotomy. After the primitive conditions at the institution nearly derail the operation, however, John threatens to return to his practice in Chicago.
Suddenly, Last Summer. A beautiful girl is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the violent death of her cousin. The doctor uses a truth serum on her and confirms his suspicions that her "hallucinations" areindeed fact. The shock causes her wealthy aunt to relapse into unreality. 1,277 IMDb 7.5 1 h 54 min 1959. X-Ray 13+.
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.
