阿尔玛（杰拉丹佩姬GeraldinePage饰）和约翰（劳伦斯哈维LaurenceHarvey饰）是青梅竹马的玩伴兼邻居，从很小的时候起，阿尔玛就深深的爱上了魅力非凡的约翰。无奈，约翰是一个花花公子，身边总是不断的更换着不同的伴侣，阿尔玛深知自己和他并不是一个世界的人。Asultry,clammycelluloidadaptationofTennesseeWilliams’searinggenderstudySUMMERANDSMOKEdirectedbytheUKthespian-turned-stage-regisseurPeterGlenville(histhirdfeaturefilm).LivinginGloriousHill,Mississippiintheearly20thcentury,AlmaWinemiller(Page,parlaysherstagesuccessintocinema),aminister’sdaughter,hasbeencarryingatorchforherneighborJohnBuchanan,Jr.(Harvey)eversinceshewasalittlegirl.Weanedonapuritanicalupbringingandencumberedwithakleptomaniacmother(Merkel,facingoffgrandlywithafull-throttlePage,andisg