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Suddenly, Last Summer
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Within Vinony's link graph, Suddenly, Last Summer is referenced by 218 other articles, and connects out to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly, Last Summer and homosexuality.
Vinony files it under 1950s LGBTQ-related films, 1950s mystery drama films and 1950s psychological drama films.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
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7.3The 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.
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly
- Katharine Hepburn as Violet Venable
- Montgomery Clift as Dr. Cukrowicz
- Albert Dekker as Lawrence Hockstader
- Mercedes McCambridge as Grace Holly
- Gary Raymond as George Holly
Themes
- operation
- spain
- widow
- hunger
- lie
- turtle
- post
- dysfunctional family
- mental institution
- memory
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
18,282 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Suddenly, Last Summer
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Screenwriter
- Tennessee Williams
- Cast member
- Rita Webb
- Composer
- Buxton Orr
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Jack Hildyard
- Narrative location
- New Orleans
- Filming location
- Mallorca
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 153583
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Katharine Hepburn in Suddenly, Last Summer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Suddenly, Last Summer (film)
- publication date
- 1959-12-22
- film editor
- Thomas Stanford
- title
- Suddenly, Last Summer
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 68%
Sources (9)
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