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Suddenly, Last Summer

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker View All

Crew

Tennessee Williams (Screenplay), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Director), Gore Vidal (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 22nd, 1959

Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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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Gideon58
The character of Violet Venable is a true enigma...there are moments in the story that are almost sickening as you listen to her talk about her relationship with Sebastian...she speaks about their life together as if they were lovers and not mother and son and we can also see that Violet knows all a....

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