The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
7.1|17 May, 1958|115 min
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7.1|17 May, 1958|115 min
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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.
Keywords
small town
based on novel or book
arranged marriage
host family
family relationships
sexual tension
arson
class differences
false accusations
arsonist
sexual repression
overbearing father
stranger
based on short story
sharecropper
general store
father son conflict
summertime
father son relationship
father daughter relationship
southern gothic
seducer
charming man
Casts
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)
Byron Foulger
Harris (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Houston (uncredited)
Nicholas King
John Fisher (uncredited)
Ralph Reed
J. V. Bookright (uncredited)
Steve Widders
Buddy Peabody (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
Minor Role (uncredited)
Crews
Martin Ritt
Director
Lionel Newman
Conductor
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
L.B. Abbott
Special Effects
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Jimmie Rodgers
Vocals
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Designer
Sammy Cahn
Lyricist
William Faulkner
Short Story
Leonard Doss
Other
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Joseph LaShelle
Director of Photography
Eli Benneche
Set Decoration
Jerry Wald
Producer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Adele Palmer
Costume Design
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Alex North
Songs
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
William Faulkner
Novel
Backdrops & Posters
