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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 town's patriarch, still holds a grudge against Quick's dad, and when the young man decides to stay in town and sharecrop on Varner's land, Will goes out of his way to make his life difficult. However, Will develops a grudging respect for Quick ...
The Long, Hot Summer - Apple TV. Available on iTunes. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury co-star in this riveting tale of life in the Deep South. When Ben Quick (Newman), a suspected barnburner drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will Varner, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch ...
Brief Synopsis. A two-part miniseries about a young, ambitious drifter with a reputation for trouble who arrives in a small Southern town and has a profound effect on a wealthy tyrant and his rebellious family.
The Long, Hot Summer is a simmering story of life in the Deep South, steamy with sex and laced with violence and bawdy humor. Although the setting is Mississippi, race relations play no part; it ...
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...
The Long, Hot Summer. 1958. 1 hr 55 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. A shady drifter, who may or may not be an arsonist, arrives in a small Southern town, where a wealthy family patriarch hires him ...
May 11, 2004 · The sexually searing film “The Long Hot Summer” written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. goes to show that male/female writing teams just like James Camron and Gale Anne Herd who wrote “The Terminator” can wield a powerful pen indeed.
