Suddenly Last Summer (1959, U.S.A.)

Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received 1960 Oscar nominations for Best Actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play.

Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor) had seen her cousin killed while on holiday, and has since been “obscenely babbling” about the incident.   Her aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) wants her doctor (Montgomery Clift) to lobotomise Catherine to stop her nightmares.  Meanwhile Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine’s delusions are, in fact, true.  He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son’s violent death.