The Long, Hot Summer poster
Director Martin Ritt
Screenplay Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

The Long, Hot Summer

Drama1958

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

Release Date: 1958-05-17

Duration: 115 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Angela Lansbury
    Minnie Littlejohn
  • Paul Newman
    Ben Quick
  • Lee Remick
    Eula Varner
  • Orson Welles
    Will Varner
  • Joanne Woodward
    Clara Varner
  • Richard Anderson
    Alan Stewart
  • Sarah Marshall
    Agnes Stewart
  • Byron Foulger
    Harris (uncredited)
  • Val Avery
    Wilk (uncredited)
  • J. Pat O'Malley
    Ratliff