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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Drama

The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!

Release Date: 1958, May 17
Directors: Martin Ritt
Countries: United States of America
Production: Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Arthur Tovey, Robert Adler, Helen Wallace, Angela Lansbury, Paul Newman, Val Avery, J. Pat O'Malley, Nicholas King, Joanne Woodward, Richard Anderson, Ralph Reed, Lee Remick

Overview:

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Keywords:

based on novel or book father son relationship based on short story false accusations father daughter relationship family relationships southern gothic class differences small town seducer arranged marriage arson father son conflict stranger sexual repression general store host family overbearing father sexual tension arsonist sharecropper charming man summertime