Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
"Suddenly, last summer, Cathy knew she was being used for something evil!"
ThumbScore
👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 68%
(RT: 68%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Albert Dekker as Lawrence Hockstader
Mercedes McCambridge as Grace Holly
Gary Raymond as George Holly
Mavis Villiers as Miss Foxhill
Patricia Marmont as Nurse Benson
Is Suddenly, Last Summer good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 328 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 68%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
