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The Long, Hot Summer

7.1

Released May 17, 1958Runtime 1h 55min

The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jerry Wald Productions

20th Century Fox

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

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Cast

Paul NewmanBen Quick

Joanne WoodwardClara Varner

Anthony FranciosaJody Varner

Orson WellesWill Varner

Lee RemickEula Varner

Angela LansburyMinnie Littlejohn

Richard AndersonAlan Stewart

Sarah MarshallAgnes Stewart

Mabel AlbertsonElizabeth Stewart

J. Pat O'MalleyRatliff

Bill WalkerLucius

Robert AdlerAmbulance Driver (uncredited)

Val AveryWilk (uncredited)

Jim BrandtLinus Olds (uncredited)

Brian CorcoranHarry Peabody (uncredited)

Lee EricksonTom Shortly (uncredited)

Byron FoulgerHarris (uncredited)

I. Stanford JolleyHouston (uncredited)

Nicholas KingJohn Fisher (uncredited)

Ralph ReedJ. V. Bookright (uncredited)

Steve WiddersBuddy Peabody (uncredited)

Arthur ToveyMan at Auction (uncredited)

Helen WallaceMinor Role (uncredited)

Crew

Martin RittDirector

Eli DunnAssistant Director

Sammy CahnLyricist

William FaulknerShort Story

Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay

Irving RavetchScreenplay

William FaulknerNovel

Jerry WaldProducer

Lionel NewmanConductor

L.B. AbbottSpecial Effects

Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer

Jimmie RodgersVocals

Charles LeMaireWardrobe Designer

Leonard DossOther

Walter M. ScottSet Decoration

Maurice RansfordArt Direction

Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography

Eli BennecheSet Decoration

Lyle R. WheelerArt Direction

Adele PalmerCostume Design

E. Clayton WardSound

Ben NyeMakeup Artist

Harry M. LeonardSound

Louis R. LoefflerEditor

Helen TurpinHairstylist

Alex NorthSongs

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Reviews

This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickly tries to ingratiate himself into their wealthy ways. They, indeed the whole town, are dominated by the patriarchal "Will...