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Summer and Smoke

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Summer and Smoke

In the heat of summer... the smoke of desire...

6.5

1h 58m

1961

“In the heat of summer... the smoke of desire...”

Synopsis

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.

Director

Peter Glenville

DramaRomance

small townmississippi riverbased on play or musicalcock fightingcockfightspinsterphilanderer1910s

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Cast & Crew

Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey

as John Buchanan Jr.

Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page

as Alma Winemiller

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

as Rosa Zacharias

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

as Mrs. Winemiller

John McIntire

John McIntire

as Dr. Buchanan

Thomas Gomez

Thomas Gomez

as Papa Zacharias

Pamela Tiffin

Pamela Tiffin

as Nellie Ewell

Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

as Rev. Winemiller

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

as Mrs. Ewell

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