Summer Heat (1987 film)
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| Summer Heat | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Michie Gleason |
| Written by | Michie Gleason |
| Produced by | William Tennant |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Elliot Davis |
| Edited by | Mary Bauer |
| Music by | Richard Stone |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Summer Heat is a 1987 film drama written and directed by Michie Gleason, with a screenplay by Michie Gleason based on the novel Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail by Louise Shivers. It stars Lori Singer.
Plot[edit]
In rural North Carolina in the post-Depression late 1930s, Roxy Walston is only 17 when she marries a boy she knows, Aaron. They have a child (called Baby) and live and work on a farm that raises tobacco.
Roxy's father, who operates a mortuary, sends a young drifter named Jack Ruffin their way to be a farmhand. Jack has an affair with Roxy, with tragic results.
Cast[edit]
- Lori Singer as Roxy Walston
- Anthony Edwards as Aaron Walston
- Bruce Abbott as Jack Ruffin
- Kathy Bates as Ruth
- Clu Gulager as Will
- Dorothy McGuire as Narrator (voice)
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