Summer and Smoke

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

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

Laurence Harvey

(John Buchanan Jr.)

Geraldine Page

(Alma Winemiller)

Rita Moreno

(Rosa Zacharias)

Una Merkel

(Mrs. Winemiller)

John McIntire

Thomas Gomez

(Papa Zacharias)

Pamela Tiffin

Malcolm Atterbury

(Rev. Winemiller)

Lee Patrick

Max Showalter

(Roger Doremus)

Earl Holliman

(Archie Kramer)

Rico Alaniz

(Knife Thrower (uncredited))

Cheryl Anderson

(Alma as a Girl (uncredited))

Lon Ballantyne

(Orderly (uncredited))

John Barton

(Townsman (uncredited))

Ray Beltram

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Marjorie Bennett

(Saleslady (uncredited))

Dick Bernie

(Drummer (uncredited))

Eumenio Blanco

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Margaret Blye

(Dusty (uncredited))

George Bruggeman

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Betty Lynn Budzak

(Girl (uncredited))

Irene Calvillo

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Winnie Chandler

(Mrs. Bassett (uncredited))

Pattee Chapman

(Cynthia (uncredited))

Evelyn Cotton

(Nurse (uncredited))

Oliver Cross

(Townsman (uncredited))

Henry Darrow

(Drunk on Porch (uncredited))

Mike De Anda

(Man (uncredited))

Alphonso DuBois

(Cockfight Spectator (uncredited))

Pamela Duncan

(Pearl (uncredited))

Allen Emerson

(Drummer (uncredited))

Ray Foster

(Young Townsman (uncredited))

Chuck Fox

(Poet (uncredited))

John Frank

(Mr. Gilliam (uncredited))

Alf George

(Crap Player (uncredited))

Kenneth Gibson

(Townsman (uncredited))

Larrian Gillespie

(Fairy Princess (uncredited))

Bernie Gozier

(Man (uncredited))

Jester Hairston

(Thomas (uncredited))

Pepe Hern

(Nico (uncredited))

Tom Hernandez

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Richard LaMarr

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Manuel Lopez

(Man (uncredited))

Mike Mahoney

(Crap Shooter (uncredited))

Lester Maxwell

(Boy (uncredited))

David O. McCall

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Daphne McKay

(Second Nurse (uncredited))

Tina Menard

(Townswoman (uncredited))

Jim Michael

(Cantina Patron (uncredited))

Daniel Nunez

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Simon Prescott

(Townsman (uncredited))

Carlos Rivero

(Man (uncredited))

Tony Rosa

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Myrna Ross

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Tony Roux

(Cockfight Spectator (uncredited))

Elektra Rozanska

(Mrs. Anderson (uncredited))

Dick Ryan

(Dr. Hodges (uncredited))

Scott Seaton

(Townsman (uncredited))

Almira Sessions

(Committee Woman (uncredited))

Harry Shannon

(Dr. Burke (uncredited))

Robert G. Slade

(John (uncredited))

Rickie Sorensen

(Boy (uncredited))

Mike Steen

(Crap Player (uncredited))

Jack Tornek

(Cockfight Spectator (uncredited))

Connie Van

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Charles Watts

(Dignitary-Bandleader (uncredited))