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The Long, Hot Summer
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
1958 · Directed by Martin Ritt · 115 min · Drama · 24 frames
Tagline
The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!
Crew
- Screenplay: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
- Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle
- Edited by: Louis R. Loeffler
- Music: Alex North
- Produced by: Jerry Wald
Cast
- Paul Newman as Ben Quick
- Joanne Woodward as Clara Varner
- Anthony Franciosa as Jody Varner
- Orson Welles as Will Varner
- Lee Remick as Eula Varner
- Angela Lansbury as Minnie Littlejohn
- Richard Anderson as Alan Stewart
- Sarah Marshall as Agnes Stewart
- Mabel Albertson as Elizabeth Stewart
- J. Pat O'Malley as Ratliff
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $1,600,000
- Box office: $3,500,000
- Themes: small town, based on novel or book, arranged marriage, host family, family relationships, sexual tension, arson, class differences, false accusations, arsonist
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