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Summer and Smoke (1961)

118 mins

type:

genre(s):

DRAMA

ROMANCE

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

adapted from a Tennessee Williams play

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name	character
Malcolm Atterbury	Rev. Winemiller
Marjorie Bennett	Saleslady
Thomas Gomez	Papa Zacharias
Laurence Harvey	John Buchanan, Jr
Earl Holliman	Archie Kramer
John McIntire	Dr. Buchanan
Una Merkel	Mrs. Winemiller
Rita Moreno	Rosa Zacharias
Geraldine Page	Alma Winemiller
Lee Patrick	Mrs. Ewell
Almira Sessions	Club Woman
Max Showalter	Roger Doremus
Pamela Tiffin	Nellie Ewell
Charles Watts	Band Conductor

name
Elmer Bernstein	composer
Peter Glenville	director
James Poe	screenplay
Meade Roberts	screenplay
Hal B. Wallis	producer
Tennessee Williams	writer (original)

award	category	name	year
Golden Globe Award	Best Actress	Geraldine Page	1961