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.

• Horizon Pictures
• Academy Pictures Corporation
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Katharine Hepburn
• Montgomery Clift
• Albert Dekker
• Mercedes McCambridge
• Gary Raymond
• Mavis Villiers
• Patricia Marmont