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The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!
May 17, 1958 1h 55m
7.1
207 votes

Synopsis

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

Title The Long, Hot Summer
Companies Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries United States of America
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
Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Clara Varner
Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Will Varner
Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Minnie Littlejohn
Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall

Agnes Stewart
Mabel Albertson

Mabel Albertson

Elizabeth Stewart
Robert Adler

Robert Adler

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Val Avery

Val Avery

Wilk (uncredited)
Jim Brandt

Jim Brandt

Linus Olds (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran

Brian Corcoran

Harry Peabody (uncredited)
Lee Erickson

Lee Erickson

Tom Shortly (uncredited)
Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Harris (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Houston (uncredited)
Nicholas King

Nicholas King

John Fisher (uncredited)
Ralph Reed

Ralph Reed

J. V. Bookright (uncredited)
Steve Widders

Steve Widders

Buddy Peabody (uncredited)