Plot
A wealthy harridan, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), attempts to bribe Dr. John Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young psycho-surgeon from a New Orleans, Louisiana mental hospital that is desperately in need of funds, into lobotomizing her niece, Catherine Holly (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). Violet wants the operation performed in order to prevent Catherine from defiling the memory of her son, the poet Sebastian (Julián Ugarte). Catherine has been babbling obscenely about Sebastian's mysterious death that she witnessed while on vacation together in Spain the previous summer.
Written by
Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, Isabelle Kloucowski
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures, Camp Films, Academy Pictures Corporation, Horizon Pictures
Languages
English
Awards
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 7 nominations total