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DRAMA

ROMANCE

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

name	character
Marla Adams	June
Martine Bartlett	Miss Metcalf
Warren Beatty	Arthur 'Bud' Stamper
Anne Caprile	Mrs. Frieda Loomis (french voice)
Audrey Christie	Mrs. Frieda Loomis
Sandy Dennis	Kay
Phyllis Diller	Texas Guinan
Crystal Field	Hazel
Sean Garrison	Glenn
Pat Hingle	Ace Stamper
William Inge	Reverend Whitman (uncredited)
Zohra Lampert	Angelina
Gary Lockwood	Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
Barbara Loden	Virginia 'Ginny' Stamper
Lynn Loring	Carolyn
John McGovern	Doc Smiley
Jan Norris	Juanita Howard
Charles Robinson	Johnny Masterson (uncredited)
Joanna Roos	Mrs. Stamper
Fred Stewart	Del Loomis
Natalie Wood	Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis

name
David Amram	composer
William Inge	writer (original), producer
Elia Kazan	director, producer
Charles H. Maguire	producer

year	award	category	name
1961	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	William Inge