Directed by:
Joseph L. MankiewiczCinematography:
Jack HildyardCast:
Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond, Eddie Fisher, Rita Webb, Ian Wilson, Gore Vidal (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Gore Vidal's stark, powerful screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play explores the trauma of Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), whose homosexual cousin dies an unspeakable and gradually revealed death while traveling with her in Europe. Katharine Hepburn as the murdered man's mother can't bear to hear the details of her son's death, preferring instead to have a lobotomy performed on her niece, insisting that the girl is mad. But a doctor (Montgomery Clift) is determined to explore the reasons behind the girl's inexplicable actions and words, eventually uncovering the secrets the mother wants to hide. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Elizabeth Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/678/161678631_c7381f.jpg)
Elizabeth Taylor
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) (concert)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
![Katharine Hepburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339158_1f72b9.png)
Katharine Hepburn
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
On Golden Pond (1981)
![Montgomery Clift](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267955_c483a6.jpg)
Montgomery Clift
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Search (1948)
The Heiress (1949)
![Albert Dekker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515874_c5f425.jpg)
Albert Dekker
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
![Mercedes McCambridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362559_206e82.jpg)
Mercedes McCambridge
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Exorcist (1973)
Giant (1956)
![Gary Raymond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987345_5406d7.jpg)
Gary Raymond
UK
Best movies:
El Cid (1961)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
![Eddie Fisher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792653_47edce.jpg)
Eddie Fisher
USA
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Rita Webb
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Ian Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Gore Vidal
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Roma (1972)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
![Patricia Marmont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/610/161610280_095d56.jpg)
Patricia Marmont
USA
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Julián Ugarte
Spain
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
Sheila Raynor
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Omen (1976)
Room at the Top (1959)
Joan Young
UK
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Magic Box (1951)
David Cameron
UK
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Loving You (1957)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)