Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
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.
- operation
- spain
- widow
- hunger
- lie
- turtle
- post
- dysfunctional family
- mental institution
- memory
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Elizabeth Taylor
Catherine Holly
Katharine Hepburn
Violet Venable
Montgomery Clift
Dr. Cukrowicz
Albert Dekker
Lawrence Hockstader
- Mercedes McCambridge — Grace Holly
- Gary Raymond — George Holly
- Mavis Villiers — Miss Foxhill
- Patricia Marmont — Nurse Benson
- Joan Young — Sister Felicity
- Maria Britneva — Lucy
- Sheila Robbins — Dr. Hockstader's Secretary
- David Cameron — Young Blonde Intern
- Grace Denbigh Russell — Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- Brenda Dunrich — Nurse (uncredited)
- Eddie Fisher — Street Urchin (uncredited)
- Directed
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Written
- Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 316 ratings
- Studio
- Horizon Pictures, Academy Pictures Corporation, Camp Films, Columbia Pictures
If this stayed with you
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