

The Long, Hot Summer
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Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Language
- English
- small town
- based on novel or book
- arranged marriage
- host family
- family relationships
- sexual tension
- arson
- class differences
- false accusations
- arsonist
- sexual repression
- overbearing father
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNR13 Mar 1958
BrazilBR
- TVLmj.gov.br4 Dec 1998
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical27 May 1959
FinlandFI
- Theatrical29 Aug 1958
FranceFR
- TheatricalCannes Film Festival17 May 1958
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1618 May 1958
IrelandIE
- Theatrical154 Jul 1958
ItalyIT
- Theatrical20 May 1958
SwedenSE
- Theatrical26 May 1958
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The Long, Hot Summer was released on 17 May 1958.
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CinemaSerf
9/29/2024
This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickly tries to ingratiate himself into their wealthy ways. They, indeed the whole town, are dominated by the patriarchal "Will" (Orson Welles) who seems determined that his daughter "Clara" (Joanne Woodward) will marry local dullard "Stewart" (Ric…
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