The Long, Hot Summer

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Category: Drama
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1958-05-17
Run time: 115 minute / 1:55
Budget: $1,600,000
Revenue: $3,500,000
Director: Martin Ritt
Writers: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch.
Production Companies : Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
Production Country: United States of America

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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)
Arthur Tovey
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Directing
Martin Ritt Director

Sound
Lionel Newman Conductor

Directing
Eli Dunn Assistant Director

Crew
L.B. Abbott Special Effects

Sound
Alex North Original Music Composer
Jimmie Rodgers Vocals

Costume & Make-Up
Charles LeMaire Wardrobe Designer

Writing
Sammy Cahn Lyricist
William Faulkner Short Story

Camera
Leonard Doss Other

Art
Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Maurice Ransford Art Direction

Camera
Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography

Art
Eli Benneche Set Decoration

Production
Jerry Wald Producer

Art
Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up
Adele Palmer Costume Design

Sound
E. Clayton Ward Sound

Costume & Make-Up
Ben Nye Makeup Artist

Sound
Harry M. Leonard Sound

Editing
Louis R. Loeffler Editor

Costume & Make-Up
Helen Turpin Hairstylist

Sound
Alex North Songs

Writing
Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Irving Ravetch Screenplay
William Faulkner Novel





















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