Boom!
“Together they devour life”
Secluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his attraction to the dying rich, poet Chris Flanders ingratiates himself with the wilting Sissy. Although her friend explains Flanders' "Angel of Death" nature to her, Sissy embraces the vulture-like Flanders.
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Cast
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Elizabeth Taylor
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
Known for
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cleopatra
Richard Burton
Chris Flanders
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Noël Coward
The Witch of Capri
Known for
The Italian Job
In Which We Serve
Joanna Shimkus
Miss Black
Known for
The Last Adventure
Michael Dunn
Rudi
Known for
Madigan
You're a Big Boy Now
Romolo Valli
Doctor Luilo
Known for
Duck, You Sucker
Death in Venice
Fernando Piazza
Etti
Also in
Women of Devil's Island
Veronica Wells
Simonetta
Also in
Seagull Island
Don Camillo
Howard Taylor
Journalist
Also in
Vanity Fair
Hazell
Joseph Losey Director · Tennessee Williams Screenplay John Barry Composer
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $10M · United States release May 26, 1968
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Moon Lake
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
John Heyman Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 26, 1968
Theatrical
Germany
October 4, 1968 · Theatrical
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