Story Line
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.
“Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!”
Top Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Holly
Katharine Hepburn
Violet Venable
Montgomery Clift
Dr. Cukrowicz
Albert Dekker
Lawrence Hockstader
Mercedes McCambridge
Grace Holly
Gary Raymond
George Holly
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1959-12-22
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
ThrillerDramaMystery
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•9/25/2014Talk 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 almos...
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6/10
•8/28/2022Howard 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 ne...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/15/2025Simone 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 scalp...