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.
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)
Frank Merlo
Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
Sheila Raynor
Mother of Young Patient (uncredited)
Beatrice Shaw
Elderly Lady (uncredited)
Florence Stark
Patient (uncredited)
Julián Ugarte
Sebastian Venable (uncredited)
Gore Vidal
Rita Webb
Sandra White
Young Patient (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Roberta Woolley
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Apr 12, 1968
Aug 9, 2022
May 21, 2015
Sep 16, 1998
Jun 1, 1964
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Dec 1, 1963
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Oct 20, 2017
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Aug 6, 1999
Nov 28, 2007
Mar 6, 2026
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Sep 24, 2005
Feb 4, 1947
Horizon Pictures
GB
Academy Pictures Corporation
Camp Films
Columbia Pictures
US
United Kingdom
United States
English