The Long, Hot Summer

Name: The Long, Hot Summer
Released: 1958
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 79.53013278855975
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick

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Drama / Psychological

USA, 1958, 112 min

Directed by:

Martin Ritt

Based on:

William Faulkner (book)

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When Ben Quick (Newman), a suspected barnburner drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will Varner, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch (Welles) who decides Quick is the ideal husband for his spinsterish daughter (Woodward). But once the loner moves in, the two men lock horns, drawing Varner's family into a complex web of emotions and actions that leaves all of them changed forever. (official distributor synopsis)

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