Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

118 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 16, 1961

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

Summer and Smoke

118 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 16, 1961

Summer and Smoke
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Paramount, Hal Wallis Productions
Original title Summer and Smoke
Directors James A. Rosenberger, Peter Glenville, Michael D. Moore
Writers Meade Roberts, James Poe, Tennessee Williams

Cast

Laurence Harvey

as John Buchanan Jr.

Geraldine Page

as Alma Winemiller

Rita Moreno

as Rosa Zacharias

Una Merkel

as Mrs. Winemiller

John McIntire

as Dr. Buchanan

Thomas Gomez

as Papa Zacharias

Pamela Tiffin

as Nellie Ewell

Malcolm Atterbury

as Rev. Winemiller

Lee Patrick

as Mrs. Ewell

Max Showalter

as Roger Doremus

Earl Holliman

as Archie Kramer

Rico Alaniz

as Knife Thrower (uncredited)

Cheryl Anderson

as Alma as a Girl (uncredited)

Lon Ballantyne

as Orderly (uncredited)

John Barton

as Townsman (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

as Saleslady (uncredited)

Dick Bernie

as Drummer (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Margaret Blye

as Dusty (uncredited)

Nick Borgani

as Cockfight Spectator (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Betty Lynn Budzak

as Girl (uncredited)

Irene Calvillo

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Winnie Chandler

as Mrs. Bassett (uncredited)

Pattie Chapman

as Cynthia (uncredited)

Evelyn Cotton

as Nurse (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

as Townsman (uncredited)

Henry Darrow

as Drunk on Porch (uncredited)

Mike De Anda

as Man (uncredited)

Alphonso DuBois

as Cockfight Spectator (uncredited)

Pamela Duncan

as Pearl (uncredited)

Allen Emerson

as Drummer (uncredited)

Ray Foster

as Young Townsman (uncredited)

Chuck Fox

as Poet (uncredited)

John Frank

as Mr. Gilliam (uncredited)

Alf George

as Crap Player (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Townsman (uncredited)

Larrian Gillespie

as Fairy Princess (uncredited)

Bernie Gozier

as Man (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

as Thomas (uncredited)

Pepe Hern

as Nico (uncredited)

Tom Hernandez

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Manuel Lopez

as Man (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney

as Crap Shooter (uncredited)

Lester Maxwell

as Boy (uncredited)

David O. McCall

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Daphne McKay

as Second Nurse (uncredited)

Tina Menard

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Jim Michael

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

Daniel Nunez

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Simon Prescott

as Townsman (uncredited)

Carlos Rivero

as Man (uncredited)

Tony Rosa

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Myrna Ross

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Tony Roux

as Cockfight Spectator (uncredited)

Elektra Rozanska

as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)

Dick Ryan

as Dr. Hodges (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

as Townsman (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

as Committee Woman (uncredited)

Harry Shannon

as Dr. Burke (uncredited)

Robert G. Slade

as John (uncredited)

Rickie Sorensen

as Boy (uncredited)

Mike Steen

as Crap Player (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as Cockfight Spectator (uncredited)

Connie Van

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Watts

as Dignitary-Bandleader (uncredited)