The Long Hot Summer (1958) ( The Long, Hot Summer )

The Long Hot Summer (1958) (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: The Long, Hot Summer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Martin Ritt

Written By:
William Faulkner
Irving Ravetch

Actors:
Paul Newman ..... Ben Quick
Joanne Woodward ..... Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa ..... Jody Varner
Orson Welles ..... Will Varner
Lee Remick ..... Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury ..... Minnie Littlejohn
Richard Anderson ..... Alan Stewart
Sarah Marshall ..... Agnes Stewart
Mabel Albertson ..... Elizabeth Stewart
J. Pat O'Malley ..... Ratliff
Bill Walker ..... Lucius

Synopsis:

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 of 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.

Director Martin Ritt combines two William Faulkner stories into a smoldering drama starring Paul Newman as Ben Quick, a wandering handyman who arrives in Frenchman's Bend, Miss., where menacing rumors about his past begin to circulate.

Mississippi. A young 'bum' comes into life of rich household and finally wins the daughter of the house, while the son rediscovers his courage and the father is trapped into a second marriage.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 12 September, 2024.