'Suddenly, Last Summer' is a 1959 American Southern Gothic mystery film based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. The film was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Sam Spiegel from a screenplay by Gore Vidaland Williams with cinematography by Jack Hildyard and production design by Oliver Messel. The musical score was composed by Buxton Orr using themes by Malcolm Arnold.
The plot centers on a young woman who, at the insistence of her wealthy New Orleans aunt, is being evaluated by a psychiatric doctor to receive a lobotomy after witnessing the death of her cousin, Sebastian Venable,while traveling with him in Spain the previous summer.
The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift with Albert Dekker, MercedesMcCambridge, and Gary Raymond.
