"In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door."
Laurence Harvey
as John Buchanan Jr.
Geraldine Page
as Alma Winemiller
Rita Moreno
as Rosa Zacharias
Una Merkel
as Mrs. Winemiller
John McIntire
as Dr. Buchanan
Thomas Gomez
as Papa Zacharias
Pamela Tiffin
as Nellie Ewell
Malcolm Atterbury
as Rev. Winemiller
Lee Patrick
as Mrs. Ewell
Max Showalter
as Roger Doremus
Earl Holliman
as Archie Kramer
Rico Alaniz
as Knife Thrower (uncredited)
Cheryl Anderson
as Alma as a Girl (uncredited)
Lon Ballantyne
as Orderly (uncredited)
John Barton
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
as Saleslady (uncredited)
Dick Bernie
as Drummer (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Margaret Blye
as Dusty (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Betty Lynn Budzak
as Girl (uncredited)
Irene Calvillo
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Winnie Chandler
as Mrs. Bassett (uncredited)
Pattee Chapman
as Cynthia (uncredited)
Evelyn Cotton
as Nurse (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Henry Darrow
as Drunk on Porch (uncredited)
Mike De Anda
as Man (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
as Cockfight Spectator (uncredited)
Pamela Duncan
as Pearl (uncredited)
Allen Emerson
Ray Foster
as Young Townsman (uncredited)
Chuck Fox
as Poet (uncredited)
John Frank
as Mr. Gilliam (uncredited)
Alf George
as Crap Player (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Larrian Gillespie
as Fairy Princess (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier
Jester Hairston
as Thomas (uncredited)
Pepe Hern
as Nico (uncredited)
Tom Hernandez
Richard LaMarr
Manuel Lopez
Mike Mahoney
as Crap Shooter (uncredited)
Lester Maxwell
as Boy (uncredited)
David O. McCall
Daphne McKay
as Second Nurse (uncredited)
Tina Menard
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Daniel Nunez
Simon Prescott
Carlos Rivero
Tony Rosa
Myrna Ross
Tony Roux
Elektra Rozanska
as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
as Dr. Hodges (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Almira Sessions
as Committee Woman (uncredited)
Harry Shannon
as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Robert G. Slade
as John (uncredited)
Rickie Sorensen
Mike Steen
Jack Tornek
Connie Van
Charles Watts
as Dignitary-Bandleader (uncredited)
Peter Glenville
Director
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Gary Morris
Makeup Artist
Richard Blaydon
Unit Production Manager
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
James A. Rosenberger
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Philip Mitchell
Bill Wistrom
Sound Editor
Tennessee Williams
Theatre Play
James Poe
Screenplay
Meade Roberts
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Warren Low
Editor
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Walter H. Tyler
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Arthur Krams
Edith Head
Costume Design