Suddenly, Last Summer
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Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Overview
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.
Reviews (2)
John Chard (Rated: 7)
Talk 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 almost to the edge of insanity. Violet, very concerned ...
tmdb28039023 (Rated: 6)
Howard 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 never boring, and we are at all times bolted to our ...
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