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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Directed by Martin Ritt
“The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!”
Drama · 1h 55m
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Cast
Paul Newman
Ben Quick
Joanne Woodward
Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa
Jody Varner
Orson Welles
Will Varner
Lee Remick
Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury
Minnie Littlejohn
Richard Anderson
Alan Stewart
Sarah Marshall
Agnes Stewart
Mabel Albertson
Elizabeth Stewart
J. Pat O'Malley
Ratliff
Bill Walker
Lucius
Robert Adler
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Screenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
- Novel
- William Faulkner
- Director of Photography
- Joseph LaShelle
- Original Music Composer
- Alex North
- Editor
- Louis R. Loeffler
- Producer
- Jerry Wald
Details
- Release date
- 1958-05-17
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget
- $1,600,000
- Box office
- $3,500,000