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.
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DIRECTOR
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
SCREENPLAY
Gore Vidal
Tennessee Williams
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jack Hildyard
EDITOR
Thomas Stanford
William Hornbeck
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Buxton Orr
Malcolm Arnold
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Oliver Messel
PRODUCER
Sam Spiegel
ART DIRECTION
William Kellner
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Bluey Hill
ASSISTANT EDITOR
John Crome
Ron Pope
ASSISTANT MAKEUP ARTIST
Charles Nash
CAMERA OPERATOR
Gerry Fisher
CLAPPER LOADER
Mike Rutter
CONDUCTOR
Buxton Orr
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Peter Dukelow
CONTINUITY
Elaine Schreyeck
COSTUME DESIGN
Jean Louis
Joan Ellacott
Norman Hartnell
Oliver Messel
DRAUGHTSMAN
Jack Shampan
James Sawyer
Martin Atkinson
Tony Woollard
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
William Hornbeck
EDITORIAL SERVICES
John Jympson
ELECTRICIAN
Archie Dansie
FOCUS PULLER
Ceri Davies
GRIP
Ray Jones
HAIRDRESSER
Eileen Bates
HAIRSTYLIST
Joan White
KEY GRIP
Michael Walter
LOCATION MANAGER
Roger Good
MAKEUP ARTIST
David Aylott
PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Midge Warnes
Norma Garment
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Bill Kirby
PROPERTY BUYER
Fred Lacey
PROPS
Jimmy James
SCENIC ARTIST
Basil Mannin
Fred Mannin
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jake Wright
Patrick Clayton
SET DECORATION
Scott Slimon
SET DRESSER
Terence Morgan
SETTINGS
Francisco Prósper
SOUND
Eric Vincent
John Cox
SOUND EDITOR
Peter Thornton
SOUND RECORDIST
Buster Ambler
THEATRE PLAY
Tennessee Williams
UNIT PUBLICIST
Jean Osborne
VISUAL EFFECTS
Tom Howard
WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Lily Payne
WARDROBE MASTER
Charles Guerin
May Walding
Academy Awards
1960Nominee: Best Art Direction, Black And White
Nominee: Best Actress
gold
Golden Globe Awards
1959Winner: Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Targa D'Oro
1960Winner: Targa D'Oro
1959Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films