Summer and Smoke is a 1961 American drama film directed by Peter Glenville, and starring Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page, with Rita Moreno, Una Merkel, John McIntire, Thomas Gomez, Pamela Tiffin, Malcolm Atterbury, Lee Patrick, and Earl Holliman.

Nonetheless Hal Wallis bought the film rights in 1952 for $100,000 (equivalent to $1.15 million in 2023)[1] following the success of the movie of Streetcar Named Desire.

Hal Wallis originally offered the film lead to Audrey Hepburn but she turned the role down, not wanting to play a dowdy spinster.

Hart recalled that she coveted the role, writing "Wallis thought I was too young for the role—which I took to mean not sexy enough—but agreed to let me do a test for the director, Peter Glenville...

"[6] Page was expected to win Best Actress at the Festival but the award went to Suzanne Flon for Thall Shall Not Kill which resulted in the crowd booing.