Suddenly, Last Summer
In 1930s New Orleans, a creepy drama/thriller plays out, with a wealthy heiress (Katharine Hepburn) extorting an upstanding doctor (Montgomery Clift) into giving her neice (Elizabeth Taylor) a lobotomy. Why? That's the rub in this juicy, compelling, and typically overblown Tennessee Williams adaptation. Hepburn and Taylor both earned Oscar nominations for their work; it's hard to pick which turns in a more compelling performance.
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- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Producer: Sam Spiegel
- Screenwriter: Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams
- Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 1959
- Released on Video: 03/01/1980
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