Summer Heat (1987 film)

Summer Heat
Summer Heat
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michie Gleason
Written by	Michie Gleason
Produced by	William Tennant
Starring	Lori Singer ; Anthony Edwards ; Bruce Abbott ; Kathy Bates ; Clu Gulager ;
Cinematography	Elliot Davis
Edited by	Mary Bauer
Music by	Richard Stone
Release date	1987;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated December 29, 2025

Summer Heat is a 1987 film drama written and directed by Michie Gleason, with a screenplay by Michie Gleason based on the novel Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail by Louise Shivers. It stars Lori Singer.

Plot

In rural North Carolina in the post-Depression late 1930s, Roxy Walston is only 17 when she marries a boy she knows, Aaron. They have a child (called Baby) and live and work on a farm that raises tobacco.

Roxy's father, who operates a mortuary, sends a young drifter named Jack Ruffin their way to be a farmhand. Jack has an affair with Roxy, with tragic results.

Cast

Lori Singer as Roxy Walston
Anthony Edwards as Aaron Walston
Bruce Abbott as Jack Ruffin
Kathy Bates as Ruth
Clu Gulager as Will
Dorothy McGuire as Narrator (voice)

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Summer Heat (1987 film)

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