A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
Sheila Robins
- Dr. Hockstader's Secretary
- (as Sheila Robbins)
Erik Chitty
- Asylum Inmate
- (uncredited)
Grace Denbeigh-Russell
- Asylum patient
- (uncredited)
Brenda Dunrich
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Eddie Fisher
- Street Urchin
- (uncredited)
Anthony Lang
- Inmate
- (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter years of alcoholism and prescription drug abuse, Montgomery Clift was considered uninsurable due to chronic ill health. Ordinarily, he would have been fired and replaced, but his good friend Dame Elizabeth Taylor saved his job by insisting she would not do this movie without him.
- GoofsAlthough set in 1937, costumes, hairstyles and makeup worn by Dame Elizabeth Taylor are all contemporary in 1959.
- Quotes
Catherine Holly: Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that's what hate is - not being able to use people.
- ConnectionsEdited into This Is It (2009)
Featured review
This film should have earned Taylor her first Oscar
"Suddenly, Last Summer" brought Elizabeth Taylor her third Oscar nomination, and she probably should have won (though winner Simone Signoret's performance in "Room at the Top" was also outstanding). Taylor is awesome in this film ----- most notably in the final twenty minutes, which she virtually dominates. This entire scene was reportedly shot in one take, which makes sense, since the character begins with a narrative and gradually builds to an emotionally shattering climax. Taylor's previous film, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", was also Oscar caliber, but this performance is even more impressive. The 1960 Oscar for "Butterfield 8" was probably a consolation prize for the Oscar she should have received for either of these two previous films.
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- belcanto26
- Jun 1, 2006
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Plötzlich im letzten Sommer
- Filming locations
- Begur, Girona, Catalonia, Spain(village and old castle scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $9,749
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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