The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

8.3IMDb Score
Released:1976-06-16
Duration:120 min
Director:Glenn Jordan
Actors:Blythe Danner, Frank Langella, Louise Latham, Neva Patterson, Carl Weintraub
Production:KQED, Broadway Theatre Archive

Overview:

The tale of a lonely Southern woman's longing for her handsome next-door neighbor. At once tragic and romantic, the story is a reworking of the Williams play "Summer and Smoke," which uses the same characters and setting but in dramatically different ways.

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