The Long, Hot Summer
17/05/1958
2h

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)


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)
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