The Long, Hot Summer
- Drama
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Written by
- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
- Based on
- William Faulkner
Cast
- Paul Newman
- Joanne Woodward
- Anthony Franciosa
- Orson Welles
- Lee Remick
- Angela Lansbury
- Richard Anderson
- Sarah Marshall
- Mabel Albertson
- J. Pat O'Malley
- Bill Walker
- Robert Adler
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- family relationships
- father daughter relationship
- based on short story
- arranged marriage
- father son relationship
- southern gothic
- class differences
- small town
- arson
- father son conflict
- sexual tension
- seducer
- false accusations
- overbearing father
- sexual repression
- stranger
- host family
- arsonist
- general store
- sharecropper
- charming man
- summertime
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