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The Long, Hot Summer

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

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • NR
  • 1h 55m

Directed by Martin Ritt

7.0

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7.0 out of 10 from 234 votes

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

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Cast and crew

  • Paul Newman

    Paul NewmanBen Quick

  • Joanne Woodward

    Joanne WoodwardClara Varner

  • Anthony Franciosa

    Anthony FranciosaJody Varner

  • Orson Welles

    Orson WellesWill Varner

  • Lee Remick

    Lee RemickEula Varner

  • Angela Lansbury

    Angela LansburyMinnie Littlejohn

  • Richard Anderson

    Richard AndersonAlan Stewart

  • Sarah Marshall

    Sarah MarshallAgnes Stewart

  • Mabel Albertson

    Mabel AlbertsonElizabeth Stewart

  • J. Pat O'Malley

    J. Pat O'MalleyRatliff

  • Bill Walker

    Bill WalkerLucius

  • Robert Adler

    Robert AdlerAmbulance Driver (uncredited)

  • Val Avery

    Val AveryWilk (uncredited)

  • Jim BrandtLinus Olds (uncredited)

  • Brian Corcoran

    Brian CorcoranHarry Peabody (uncredited)

  • Lee EricksonTom Shortly (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    Byron FoulgerHarris (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    I. Stanford JolleyHouston (uncredited)

Director
Martin Ritt
Writer
Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch and William Faulkner
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Joseph LaShelle