| Suddenly, Last Summer | |||||
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1960) | |||||
| Drama, Horror | |||||
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| Elizabeth Taylor | Catherine Holly | |
| Katharine Hepburn | Mrs. Violet Venable | |
| Montgomery Clift | Dr. Cukrowicz | |
| Albert Dekker | Dr. Lawrence J. Hockstader | |
| Mercedes McCambridge | Mrs. Grace Holly | |
| Gary Raymond | George Holly | |
| Mavis Villiers | Miss Foxhill | |
| Patricia Marmont | Nurse Benson | |
| Joan Young | Sister Felicity | |
| Maria Britneva | Lucy | |
| Sheila Robbins | Dr. Hockstader's Secretary | |
| David Cameron | Young Blonde Interne | |
| Gore Vidal | Audience member at operation | |
| Eddie Fisher | Street Urchin | |
| Beatrice Shaw | Elderly lady |
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| Producer | Sam Spiegel
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| Writer | Gore Vidal
Tennessee Williams |
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| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard
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| Musician | Malcolm Arnold
Buxton Orr |
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"Fascinating. Grandly Acted." -Leonard Maltin Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received 1960 Oscar nominations for Best Actress in the gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of their cousin at the hands of cannibals. Catherine's aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), tries to influence Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations, By utilizing injections of sodium pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son's violent death. |
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