
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
Dr. Buchanan

Thomas Gomez
Papa Zacharias

Pamela Tiffin
Nellie Ewell

Malcolm Atterbury
Rev. Winemiller

Lee Patrick
Mrs. Ewell

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)