The Long, Hot Summer
The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!
7.0(229) 1958-05-17 115 minDrama
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
DirectorMartin Ritt
Original Music ComposerAlex North
ProducerJerry Wald
ScreenplayHarriet Frank Jr.
ScreenplayIrving Ravetch
Cast & characters
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)
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Jim Brandt
as Linus Olds (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran
as Harry Peabody (uncredited)
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Lee Erickson
as Tom Shortly (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Harris (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Houston (uncredited)
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Nicholas King
as John Fisher (uncredited)
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Ralph Reed
as J. V. Bookright (uncredited)
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Steve Widders
as Buddy Peabody (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
as Minor Role (uncredited)
