The Long, Hot Summer
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Overview
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)
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Val Avery
Wilk (uncredited)
Jim Brandt
Linus Olds (uncredited)

Brian Corcoran
Harry Peabody (uncredited)
Lee Erickson
Tom Shortly (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Harris (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley
Houston (uncredited)
Nicholas King
John Fisher (uncredited)
Ralph Reed
J. V. Bookright (uncredited)
Steve Widders
Buddy Peabody (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Man at Auction (uncredited)

Helen Wallace
Minor Role (uncredited)

Al Bain
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Ella Mae Brown
Woman at Auction (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Frank Green
Man at Auction (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan
Man at Auction (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson
Waiter (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Man at Auction (uncredited)

Joseph C. Narcisse
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Terry Rangno
Pete Armistead (uncredited)
Paul Ravel
Man at Auction (uncredited)

Victor Rodman
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Walter Smith
Man at Auction (uncredited)
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Country
- United States
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #arranged marriage, #arson, #arsonist, #based on novel or book, #based on short story, #charming man, #class differences, #false accusations, #family relationships, #father daughter relationship, #father son conflict, #father son relationship, #general store, #host family, #overbearing father, #seducer, #sexual repression, #sexual tension, #sharecropper, #small town, #southern gothic, #stranger, #summertime















