A Cold Wind in August

A Cold Wind in August
Directed byAlexander Singer
Written byBurton Wohl
John Hayes
StarringLola Albright
Scott Marlowe
CinematographyFloyd Crosby
Edited byJerry Young
Music byGerald Fried
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • July 26, 1961 (1961-07-26)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$163,000 USD

A Cold Wind in August is a 1961 low-budget drama exploitation film directed by Alexander Singer and adapted from the eponymous novel by Burton Wohl. The film stars Lola Albright as a mentally unbalanced burlesque-show stripper in her 30s who becomes involved in a torrid romance with a 17-year-old boy played by Scott Marlowe. In reality, Marlowe was actually 28, only eight years younger than Albright.