Synopsis
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter GlenvilleDirector
- James PoeScreenplay
- Meade RobertsScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence HarveyJohn Buchanan Jr.
- Geraldine PageAlma Winemiller
- Rita MorenoRosa Zacharias
- Una MerkelMrs. Winemiller
- John McIntireDr. Buchanan
- Thomas GomezPapa Zacharias
- Pamela TiffinNellie Ewell
- Malcolm AtterburyRev. Winemiller
- Lee PatrickMrs. Ewell
- Max ShowalterRoger Doremus
- Earl HollimanArchie Kramer
- Rico AlanizKnife Thrower (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
small townmississippi riverbased on play or musicalcock fightingcockfightspinsterphilanderer1910s