The Long, Hot Summer
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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Orson Welles
Martin Ritt
Eli Dunn
Al Murphy
Marie Kenney
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This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickly tries to ingratiate himself into their wealthy ways. They, indeed the whole town, are dominated by the patriarchal "Will" (Orson Welles) who seems determined that his daughter "Clara" (Joanne Woodward) will marry local dullard "Stewart" (Richard Anderson). She, on the other hand, takes an instant shine to the newcomer and when brother, and general loafer, "Jody" (Anthony Franciosa) starts to feel a little threatened by this man who is seemingly of much more interest to his father than he is, things start to become a little tense around the place - to say the least. It's a small point, but the audio from Welles isn't the best and sometimes its quite difficult to make out what he's saying, but as the family dynamic becomes more strained and the backstory fills in a tale of a group of people for whom it's really only money that has become the thing that matters now - we end up with a characterful study of avarice and ambition tempered with some dark humour and an increasingly engaging effort from Welles and a smouldering - if maybe a little too predictable - chemistry from Woodward and Newman. It can be a bit wordy at times, but Martin Ritt keeps the pace even and taut as these folks evolve before us. It's not as intense as it might be, but it's still an easy two hours looking at the less salubrious side of human nature.
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The directors of The Long, Hot Summer are Orson Welles, Martin Ritt, Eli Dunn, Al Murphy, and Marie Kenney.
The cast of The Long, Hot Summer includes Paul Newman as Ben Quick, Richard Anderson as Alan Stewart, Michael Jeffers as Man at Auction (uncredited), Danny Borzage as Man at Auction (uncredited), Val Avery as Wilk (uncredited), Al Bain as Man at Auction (uncredited), Brian Corcoran as Harry Peabody (uncredited), Angela Lansbury as Minnie Littlejohn, Oscar Blank as Man at Auction (uncredited), Jimmie Horan as Man at Auction (uncredited), Arthur Tovey as Man at Auction (uncredited), Byron Foulger as Harris (uncredited), and more.
The duration of The Long, Hot Summer is 1h 55 mins.
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The Long, Hot Summer was released on 17 May 1958.
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The Long, Hot Summer has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickl..."
