Top billed cast

1. 

   Elizabeth Taylor

   Catherine Holly

2. 

   Katharine Hepburn

   Violet Venable

3. 

   Montgomery Clift

   Dr. Cukrowicz

4. 

   Albert Dekker

   Lawrence Hockstader

5. 

   Mercedes McCambridge

   Grace Holly

6. 

   Gary Raymond

   George Holly

7. 

   Mavis Villiers

   Miss Foxhill

8. 

   Patricia Marmont

   Nurse Benson

9. 

   Joan Young

   Sister Felicity

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-15

Simone Signoret pipped both of these women to the Oscar but Liz Taylor did take a Donatello for her powerful performance in this controversial psychological drama. She is the young “Miss Catherine” who looks like she is destined to go under the scalpel for a lobotomy. Why? Well her ostensibly well-meaning and very wealthy aunt “Violet” (Katharine Hepburn) is convinced that she is a danger to herself and those around her, and so is promising the ground-breaking young doctor “Cukrowicz” (Montgomery Clift) a million dollars for a new hospital building in return for him evaluating and ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,000,000.00

Keywords

• operation
• spain
• widow
• hunger
• lie
• turtle
• post
• dysfunctional family
• mental institution
• memory
• hospital
• psychiatrist
• doctor patient relationship
• lobotomy
• brain surgery
• gay theme