The Long, Hot Summer
“The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!”
19581h 55mDrama
Released
May 17, 1958
TMDB Score
70% match · 234 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
DirectorMartin Ritt
- Released
- May 17, 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Studios
- Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
Top Billed Cast
Paul Newman
Ben Quick
Joanne Woodward
Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa
Jody Varner
Orson Welles
Will Varner
Lee Remick
Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury
Minnie Littlejohn
Richard Anderson
Alan Stewart
Sarah Marshall
Agnes Stewart
Mabel Albertson
Elizabeth Stewart
J. Pat O'Malley
Ratliff
Bill Walker
Lucius
Robert Adler
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Val Avery
Wilk (uncredited)
Jim Brandt
Linus Olds (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran
Harry Peabody (uncredited)
Lee Erickson
Tom Shortly (uncredited)
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