Paul Newman
Ben Quick
Search results
The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, and Orson Welles.It was directed by Martin Ritt, with a screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses", the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" and the 1940 novel The Hamlet.
- March 13, 1958
- Jerry Wald
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies ...
Handsome vagabond Ben Quick (Paul Newman) returns to the Mississippi town his late father called home, but rumors of his dad's pyromaniac tendencies follow him as soon as he sets foot there. The ...
- (256)
- Paul Newman
- Martin Ritt
- Drama
May 12, 2009 · Long, Hot Summer, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Apologize For What We Are Dining with William Faulkner’s Mississippi patriarch Varner (Orson Welles) are Alan (Richard Anderson), suitor to daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward), son Jody (Anthony Franciosa), his wife Eula (Lee Remick), and hired-hand Ben (Paul Newman), brought in to stir things up, in The Long, Hot Summer, 1958.
- Martin Ritt
- Paul Newman
Ben Quick, a sullen but self-confident drifter, arrives in a small Mississippi town where his father had a bad reputation as a firebug. Will Varner, the tow...
Martin Ritt. William Faulkner. Irving Ravetch. Harriet Frank Jr. Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
