The Long, Hot Summer
The red-hot lowdown on a southern family...that people talked about in whispers!
The red-hot lowdown on a southern family...that people talked about i...
Drama, Romance
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1958
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Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the family.
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Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
3 Apr 1958
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The ending is an unconvincing cop out, but it can't spoil the film's compulsive dramatic tension (or a marvellous comic cameo from Angela Lansbury as Welles' long-suffering mistress).
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Newman's performance as Ben Quick, before the script blunts it, is as mean and keen as a cackle-edge scythe.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
1 Oct 2008
rotten:
[An] uneasy blend of three Faulkner short stories.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
4 Jul 2003
rotten:
The Long, Hot Summer starts superbly and ends in a senseless, flabby heap.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
This picture is strikingly directed by Martin Ritt.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jan 2008