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Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

Directed by Richard Eyre

Starring Maggie Smith, Natasha Richardson

Television Adaptation of the Tennessee Williams classic.

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.