Suddenly last summer

United States, 1959

Film
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From a Tennessee Williams play, an outrageous, melodramatic piece touching on madness, homosexual prostitution, incest, disease and cannibalism. Stars Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift. Adapted for the screen by Gore Vidal.

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Credits

director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

producer

Sam Spiegel

production company

Columbia Pictures

Duration

01:50:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1959

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324460

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1131173

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