Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1959-12-22) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 7 nominations total |
| Screen: | Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams |
| Productions: | Horizon Pictures, Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films, Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3635: Elizabeth Taylor - Catherine Holly
- 6598: Katharine Hepburn - Violet Venable
- 12151: Montgomery Clift - Dr. Cukrowicz
- 2755: Albert Dekker - Lawrence Hockstader
- 18737: Mercedes McCambridge - Grace Holly
- 24819: Gary Raymond - George Holly
- 97250: Mavis Villiers - Miss Foxhill
Crews
- 37880: Thomas Stanford - Editor - Editing
- 989084: William Kellner - Art Direction - Art
- 12241: Malcolm Arnold - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 3634: Tennessee Williams - Screenplay - Writing
- 3634: Tennessee Williams - Theatre Play - Writing
- 11626: Gore Vidal - Screenplay - Writing
- 10601: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director - Directing
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Talk is never cheap when sourced from Tennessee Williams. Millionairess, Violet Venable is obsessed with her now dead son, Sebastian. Sebastian met his untimely end whilst on vacation with his cousin Catharine, an end that has sent Catharine almost to the edge of insanity. Violet, ....
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Howard Hawks defined a good film as “three good scenes and no bad ones.” Suddenly, Last Summer has four very good scenes dominated by one of the two great great actresses who play the leads – or, in one instance, both. These are long scenes but never boring, and we are at all time ....
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Simone Signoret pipped both of these women to the Oscar but Liz Taylor did take a Donatello for her powerful performance in this controversial psychological drama. She is the young “Miss Catherine” who looks like she is destined to go under the scalpel for a lobotomy. Why? Well her o ....
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