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The Long, Hot Summer

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7.0(234)19581h 55m3

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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Behind the camera

Director

Martin Ritt

Produced in

United States of America

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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.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/29/2024

    7/10

    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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