Spring Night, Summer Night

Spring Night, Summer Night

82 mins | Drama | May 28, 1967

Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.

Spring Night, Summer Night

82 mins | Drama | May 28, 1967

Spring Night, Summer Night
Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Triskele
Original title Spring Night, Summer Night
Directors Judy Miller, Joseph L. Anderson
Writers Doug Rapp, Franklin Miller, Joseph L. Anderson

Cast

Larue Hall

as Jessie

John Crawford

as Virgil

Betty Ann Parady

as Donna

Mary Cass

as Rose

Ron Parady

as Tom

Bob Jones

as Jacob

David Ayres

as Lou

Jon Webb

as Frank

Miles Gibbons

as George

Art Stifel

as Howard

Tracy Smith

as Chris

Isabel Stott

as Grandma

Michael Marcum

as Mike

Sandra Marcum

as Sandy

Mary Marcum

as Mary

Lonny Leemaster

as Shave

Doug Stewart

as Salesman

Oscar McGee

as Donna's Father

Bill Fish

as Virgil's Friend

Iris Dotson

as Bartender

F. Miller Jr.

as Morning Drunk

Mary Davis

as Woman Singer

David Sams

as Male Singer

Glenn Jarvis

as Fiddle Player

Franklin Miller

as Banjo Player

Sally Vibberts

as Church Pianist

Carl Fleischhauer

as Preacher