Summer and Smoke Movie Review 1961

Repressed, unhappy Page falls for handsome doctor Harvey. A tour de force for Page, but that's all; adapted clumsily from the overwrought Tennessee Williams play.

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Available on VHS
Running time 118 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, American South, Adapted from a Play, Plays to Film: Tennessee Williams

Cast

Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel, John McIntire, Thomas Gomez, Pamela Tiffin, Lee Patrick, Max (Casey Adams) Showalter, Earl Holliman, Harry Shannon, Pattee Chapman

Cinematography

Charles B(ryant) Lang

Director

Peter Glenville

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Hal B. Wallis, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Golden Globes 1962: Actress--Drama (Page); Natl. Bd. of Review 1961: Actress (Page).