Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

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.

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery

What to watch after Suddenly, Last Summer

• No Way Out (1950) — Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed both
• People Will Talk (1951) — Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed both
• A Place in the Sun (1951) — Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift appear in both
• The Snake Pit (1948) — Same subject: doctor patient relationship
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) — Tennessee Williams wrote the source material both are based on
• Cleopatra (1963) — Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed both