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May 18, 1986 · As Summers Die: Directed by Jean-Claude Tramont. With Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis, John Randolph. The plot centers around a large area of land owned by an old black lady, Elvira Backus. It had been given to her by her one time employer and secret father of her two children, a southern patriarch.
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- Jean-Claude Tramont
- 1986-05-18
As Summers Die is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film starring Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis and Beah Richards, directed by Jean-Claude Tramont. The film is loosely based on Winston Groom's 1980 novel of the same name about greed, bigotry and justice in late 1950s segregationist southern Louisiana.
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Valdosta, Georgia, USA. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h. TCM Emails. Sign Up. Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
- Jean-Claude Tramont
- Ed Grady
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As Summers Die. A Southern belle (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her aunt (Bette Davis) help a lawyer (Scott Glenn) defend a poor woman living on valuable land.
- Jean-Claude Tramont
- Drama
- Scott Glenn
Jean-Claude Tramont. Director. Jeff Andrus. Writer. Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
Synopsis. Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Davis Shine in a Powerful Drama! Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land. Cast. Crew.
May 18, 1986 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. As Summers Die was produced as an "HBO Premiere" attraction. Set in the segregationist South of the 1950s, the film pits the wealthy but decadent members of a landed-gentry white family against a feisty old black woman, on whose property oil has been discovered.
