Suddenly, Last Summer
Suddenly, Last Summer
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Approved (US) | USA, UK | English | 114 min
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
7.5

Wealthy harridan Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) attempts to bribe Dr. John Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young psycho-surgeon from a New Orleans, Louisiana mental hospital that is desperately in need of funds, into lobotomizing her niece, Catherine Holly (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), to prevent the girl from defiling the memory of her cousin, Violet's poet son Sebastian (Julián Ugarte). Catherine has been babbling obscenely about Sebastian's mysterious death that she witnessed while they were vacationing together in Spain the previous summer.

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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

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Release Date

USA
(New York City, New York, premiere)
1959-12-22
USA
(Los Angeles, California)
1959-12-23
USA
No data
1960-01
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Suddenly, Last Summer
(Original title)
De repente en el verano
Argentina
Suddenly, Last Summer
Australia
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Mild
Violence & Gore
Mild
Profanity
None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate