The Long, Hot Summer
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Overview
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
- Production
- Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
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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)
Brian Corcoran
Harry Peabody (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Harris (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Houston (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
Minor Role (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Writers
- Harriet Frank Jr.,Irving Ravetch
- Producers
- Jerry Wald
- Cinematography
- Joseph LaShelle
- Composer
- Alex North
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CinemaSerf
September 29, 2024
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" (Orson Welles) who seems determined that his daughter "Clara" (Joanne Woodward) will marry local dullard "Stewart" (Richard Anderson). She, on the other hand, takes an instant shine to the newcomer a…