William Faulkner's the long, hot summer / Twentieth Century-Fox presents a CinemaScope picture ; Jerry Wald's production of ; screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. ; Jerry Wald Productions, Inc. ; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; directed by Martin Ritt.

Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Long, hot summer (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: North, Alex (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Cinemascope (Firm)
Jerry Wald Productions
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (Producer)
Ravetch, Irving (Screenwriter)
Frank, Harriet, Jr (Screenwriter)
Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990 (Director)
Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 (Conductor)
La Shelle, Joseph, 1903-1989 (Cinematographer)
Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 (Artistic director)
Ransford, Maurice, 1896-1968 (Artistic director)
Scott, Walter M. (Set designer)
Benneche, Eli (Set designer)
Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972 (Film editor)
Palmer, Adele (Costume designer)
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor)
Woodward, Joanne, 1930- (Actor)
Franciosa, Anthony, 1928-2006 (Actor)
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Actor)
Remick, Lee (Actor)
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 (Actor)
Anderson, Richard, 1926-2017 (Actor)
Marshall, Sarah, 1933-2014 (Actor)
Albertson, Mabel, 1901-1982 (Actor)
O'Malley, J. Pat (James Pat) (Actor)
Walker, Bill, 1896-1992 (Actor)
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English (stereo) and French (mono) language soundtracks with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]
Edition:Widescreen edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Estafa > Teatro.
Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro.
Man-woman relationships.
Swindlers and swindling.
Feature films > United States.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Long, hot summer.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.
Note:Based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: Backstory: The long, hot summer; Movie Tone news: "The long, hot summer" world premiere: a Louisiana triumph!; Theatrical trailer; Paul Newman theater.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN6 D0024550 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
Credits:Music, Alex North ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; director of photography, Joseph La Shelle ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Eli Benneche ; film editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; costumes designed by Adele Palmer.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital surround sound, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
Cast:
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Sarah Marshall, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, William Walker.