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Director:
Peter Glenville
Writers:
James Poe (writer)
Meade Roberts (writer)
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Release Date:
April 1962 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
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Jesse Eisenberg
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User Comments:
Summer and Smoke ***1/2 more (18 total)

Cast

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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 (as Casey Adams)
Earl Holliman ... Archie Kramer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway play "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams opened Oct. 6, 1948 at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 102 performances. Ray Walston was in the cast in a supporting role. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976) (TV) more

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Summer and Smoke ***1/2, 1 March 2008
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Author: edwagreen from United States

Tennessee Williams is at his best here in this great play made into a startling motion picture.

The phenomenal Geraldine Page is absolutely brilliant here as a repressed spinster who finds love with the doctor next door only to throw it away.

Williams continues his never ending attack on religion, rebelliousness, drug addiction and dysfunctional love.

Una Merkel, who received a supporting Oscar nomination for her role as Alma's (Page's) mother, is excellent here. She is weird, a manipulator and pulls out every stop in a very good performance. Too bad that her role was concentrated solely at the beginning of the film.

Laurence Harvey has what it takes as the wild doctor brought down to reality when his lifestyle causes the tragic demise of his father.

Miss Page exhibits every nuance in playing the part that made her such a great actress- a neurotic woman, in conflict with society, or is she a victim of it?

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