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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.
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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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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. Nobody thinks Willie can win the case, but behind its po. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jean-claude Tramont.
- Jean-Claude Tramont
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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.
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. Discovering oil on the afore mentioned property, the patriarch's family tries to regain the land by destroying the deed and denying it ever existed.
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As Summers Die. A lawyer (Scott Glenn) is aided by an eccentric (Bette Davis) and her niece (Jamie Lee Curtis) in defense of a black woman in the 1950s. Tompkins: John Randolph. Elvira: Beah ...
May 18, 1986 · 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.
