The Long, Hot Summer

About 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.

The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 drama film directed by Martin Ritt. It runs 115 minutes and was released in May 1958.

Paul Newman stars as Ben Quick, Joanne Woodward as Clara Varner, Anthony Franciosa as Jody Varner, and Orson Welles as Will Varner. Written by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. The film began as a novel.

Members will find based on short story, class differences, arranged marriage, and father son conflict in it. American members can watch it on FlixFling and Philo.

Theorem, The Irishman, and The Judge make useful companions to The Long, Hot Summer, all filed under charming man, host family, and seducer. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 234 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.