A Cold Wind in August (1961)
Genres: Drama, Independent, Romance
Cast: Lola Albright, Scott Marlowe
A Cold Wind in August (1961) is a low-budget, independent romantic 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 Albright's junior.