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In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Keywords
small town
mississippi river
based on play or musical
cock fighting
cockfight
spinster
philanderer
1910s
Casts

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)
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)
Crews

Peter Glenville
Director
Richard Blaydon
Unit Production Manager

Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
Bill Wistrom
Sound Editor
Philip Mitchell
Sound Recordist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Gary Morris
Makeup Artist
James A. Rosenberger
Assistant Director
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Meade Roberts
Screenplay
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer
Warren Low
Editor

Edith Head
Costume Design

Tennessee Williams
Theatre Play
Charles Lang
Director of Photography

James Poe
Screenplay

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Arthur Krams
Set Decoration
Backdrops & Posters
