The Long, Hot Summer
The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
- Year: 1958
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Jerry Wald Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: small town, based on novel or book, arranged marriage, host family, family relationships, sexual tension, arson, class differences, false accusations, arsonist, sexual repression, overbearing father, stranger, based on short story, sharecropper, general store, father son conflict, summertime, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, southern gothic, seducer, charming man
- Director: Martin Ritt
- Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury