The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1958-05-17
  • User Rating: 7.087/10 from 206 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 55min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Jerry Wald Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Martin Ritt
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Summary

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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  • Paul Newman

    as Ben Quick

  • Joanne Woodward

    as Clara Varner

  • Anthony Franciosa

    as Jody Varner

  • Orson Welles

    as Will Varner

  • Lee Remick

    as Eula Varner

  • Angela Lansbury

    as Minnie Littlejohn

  • Richard Anderson

    as Alan Stewart

  • Sarah Marshall

    as Agnes Stewart

  • Mabel Albertson

    as Elizabeth Stewart

  • J. Pat O'Malley

    as Ratliff

  • Bill Walker

    as Lucius

  • Robert Adler

    as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

  • Val Avery

    as Wilk (uncredited)

  • Jim Brandt

    as Linus Olds (uncredited)

  • Brian Corcoran

    as Harry Peabody (uncredited)

  • Lee Erickson

    as Tom Shortly (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    as Harris (uncredited)

  • I. Stanford Jolley

    as Houston (uncredited)

  • Nicholas King

    as John Fisher (uncredited)

  • Ralph Reed

    as J. V. Bookright (uncredited)

  • Steve Widders

    as Buddy Peabody (uncredited)
Directing Martin Ritt Director
Crew L.B. Abbott Special Effects
Sound Lionel Newman Conductor
Directing Eli Dunn Assistant Director
Writing William Faulkner Short Story
Sound Alex North Original Music Composer
Sound Jimmie Rodgers Vocals
Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Wardrobe Designer
Camera Leonard Doss Other
Writing Sammy Cahn Lyricist
Production Jerry Wald Producer
Art Eli Benneche Set Decoration
Art Maurice Ransford Art Direction
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Editing Louis R. Loeffler Editor
Sound Harry M. Leonard Sound
Sound E. Clayton Ward Sound
Costume & Make-Up Helen Turpin Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Adele Palmer Costume Design
Camera Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Sound Alex North Songs
Writing Irving Ravetch Screenplay
Writing William Faulkner Novel
Writing Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay

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