Suddenly, Last Summer

Name: Suddenly, Last Summer
Released: 1959-12-22

1959· NR· 1h 54m· Drama· Mystery· Thriller

“Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!”

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.

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Key Crew

DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz

ScreenplayGore Vidal

ProducerSam Spiegel

Director of PhotographyJack Hildyard

Original Music ComposerBuxton Orr

EditorThomas Stanford

Full cast & crew (25 cast · 50 crew)

Details

Released1959-12-22

Runtime1h 54m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosHorizon Pictures · Academy Pictures Corporation · Camp Films

Budget$3M

Box office$9M

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom · United States of America

Rating7.3/10 · 313 votes

Original languageen

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