Bacteriology. Isn't that something you do with a microscope.

Description: A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

Cast:
John Buchanan, Jr.: Laurence Harvey
Alma Winemiller: Geraldine Page
Rosa Zacharias: Rita Moreno
Mrs. Winemiller: Una Merkel
Dr. Buchanan: John McIntire
Papa Zacharias: Thomas Gomez
Nellie Ewell: Pamela Tiffin
Rev. Winemiller: Malcolm Atterbury
Mrs. Ewell: Lee Patrick
Roger Doremus: Max Showalter
Archie Kramer: Earl Holliman
Knife Thrower: Rico Alaniz
Alma as a Girl: Cheryl Anderson
Orderly: Lon Ballantyne
Townsman: Scott Seaton
Cantina Patron: Jim Michael
Saleslady: Marjorie Bennett
Drummer: Allen Emerson
Dusty: Margaret Blye
Cockfight Spectator: Jack Tornek
Girl: Betty Lynn Budzak
Party Guest: Connie Van
Mrs. Bassett: Winnie Chandler
Cynthia: Pattee Chapman
Nurse: Evelyn Cotton
Drunk on Porch: Henry Darrow
Undetermined Secondary Role: Carlos Rivero
Pearl: Pamela Duncan
Young Townsman: Ray Foster
Poet: Chuck Fox
Mr. Gilliam: John Frank
Crap Player: Mike Steen
Fairy Princess: Larrian Gillespie
Thomas: Jester Hairston
Nico: Pepe Hern
Twyla: Linda Knutson
Crap Shooter: Mike Mahoney
Boy: Rickie Sorensen
Second Nurse: Daphne McKay
Townswoman: Tina Menard
Betty Lou: Susan Roberts
Mrs. Anderson: Countess Elektra Rozanska
Dr. Hodges: Dick Ryan
Committee Woman: Almira Sessions
Dr. Burke: Harry Shannon
John: Robert G. Slade
Dignitary-Bandleader: Charles Watts

Written by: Tennessee Williams, James Poe, Meade Roberts

Director: Peter Glenville

Production: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions

Release date: 11 Apr 1962