Spring Night, Summer Night

Overview

Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.

Director: Joseph L. Anderson

Cast

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Larue Hall

Jessie

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Ted Heimerdinger

Carl

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Marjorie Johnson

Mae

John Crawford

Virgil

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Betty Ann Parady

Donna

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Mary Cass

Rose

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Ron Parady

Tom

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Bob Jones

Jacob

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David Ayres

Lou

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Jon Webb

Frank