Suddenly, Last Summer
“Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!”
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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Cast
25 people
Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Holly
Known for
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cleopatra
Katharine Hepburn
Violet Venable
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
Montgomery Clift
Dr. Cukrowicz
Known for
I Confess
A Place in the Sun
Albert Dekker
Lawrence Hockstader
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
The Wild Bunch
Mercedes McCambridge
Grace Holly
Known for
Johnny Guitar
Giant
Gary Raymond
George Holly
Known for
House of the Dragon
Jason and the Argonauts
Mavis Villiers
Miss Foxhill
Known for
Victim
Patricia Marmont
Nurse Benson
Also in
The Crowded Day
Helen of Troy
Joan Young
Sister Felicity
Known for
The Fallen Idol
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Maria Britneva
Lucy
Known for
A Room with a View
Too Bad She's Bad
Sheila Robbins
Dr. Hockstader's Secretary
No other roles listed
David Cameron
Young Blonde Intern
Known for
Omen IV: The Awakening
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director · Tennessee Williams Screenplay Gore Vidal Screenplay
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay Author
Tennessee Williams
Screenplay
Gore Vidal
Composer
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
Buxton Orr
Cinematographer
Jack Hildyard
Editor
William Hornbeck
Editor
Thomas Stanford
Production designer Costume designer
Oliver Messel
Costume designer
Jean Louis
Costume designer
Joan Ellacott
Worldwide gross $9M · Budget $3M · United States release December 22, 1959
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Horizon Pictures
Production
Academy Pictures Corporation
Production
Camp Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1959
Theatrical
Argentina
March 16, 1960 · Premiere · (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
April 6, 1960 · Theatrical
November 13, 2005 · Theatrical · (Buenos Aires Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
Belgium
May 23, 1968 · Theatrical · (Gent)
Brazil
September 11, 2007 · Physical · Sony Home mj.gov.br
Chile
August 5, 2015 · Theatrical · (Festival: Terapias de Cine, Ciclo de cine, ciencia y medicina - Cine UC)
Denmark
February 11, 1960 · Theatrical
Finland
April 8, 1960 · Theatrical
France
March 26, 1960 · Theatrical
November 7, 2007 · Theatrical · (re-release)
April 6, 2016 · Theatrical · (re-release)
Germany
March 10, 1960 · Theatrical · West Germany
Japan
March 15, 1960 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 14, 1960 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 12, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
March 28, 1960 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 5, 1961 · Theatrical
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