Suddenly, Last Summer
- Director: Richard Eyre
- Writer: Tennessee Williams
- Producer: Simon Curtis; Jane Hawley
CGiii Comment
Don't think of this as a re-make (of the horrendous Hollywood film).
This is a faithful rendition of the stage play...
It was a bloody awful play, a worse Hollywood film and, here, a television version of the bloody awful play...and, it's still a bloody awful film despite the fine actors.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Maggie Smith as Violet Venable;
Rob Lowe as Doctor Cukrowicz;
Gillian Raine as Miss Foxhill;
Richard E. Grant as George Holly;
Moira Redmond as Mrs. Holly;
C.P. Wilson as Butler;
Natasha Richardson as Catharine Holly;
Rosaleen Linehan as Sister Felicity