

Suddenly, Last Summer
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $9M
- Language
- English
- operation
- spain
- widow
- hunger
- lie
- turtle
- post
- dysfunctional family
- mental institution
- memory
- hospital
- psychiatrist
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR22 Dec 1959
ArgentinaAR
- Premiere(Mar del Plata Film Festival)16 Mar 1960
- Theatrical166 Apr 1960
- Theatrical(Buenos Aires Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)13 Nov 2005
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical18(Gent)23 May 1968
BrazilBR
- Physical12Sony Home mj.gov.br11 Sept 2007
ChileCL
- Theatrical(Festival: Terapias de Cine, Ciclo de cine, ciencia y medicina - Cine UC)5 Aug 2015
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical11 Feb 1960
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-168 Apr 1960
FranceFR
- TheatricalU26 Mar 1960
- Theatrical(re-release)7 Nov 2007
- Theatrical(re-release)6 Apr 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany10 Mar 1960
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1215 Mar 1960
MexicoMX
- Theatrical14 Apr 1960
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD12 Nov 2002
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Suddenly, Last Summer was released on 22 December 1959.
Audience reviews
3- J7/10
John Chard
9/25/2014
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 about Catharine and her hurtful ramblings, enlists brain surgeon Dr. Cukrowicz to see if he will perform a lobotomy on t…
- T6/10
tmdb28039023
8/28/2022
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 seats, our eyes glued to the screen; Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor give different, even contrasting performance…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/15/2025
Simone Signoret pipped both of these women to the Oscar but Liz Taylor did take a Donatello for her powerful performance in this controversial psychological drama. She is the young “Miss Catherine” who looks like she is destined to go under the scalpel for a lobotomy. Why? Well her ostensibly well-meaning and very wealthy aunt “Violet” (Katharine Hepburn) is convinced that she is a danger to herself and those around …
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