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The Long, Hot Summer
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
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Martin Ritt,
  • Writer:
    Harriet Frank Jr., William Faulkner, Irving Ravetch (,
  • Producer:
    Jerry Wald, Jerry Wald (I),
  • Cinematographer:
    Joseph LaShelle,
  • Editor:
    Louis R. Loeffler,
  • Cast:
    Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Lee Remick,
  • Sound:
    Harry M. Leonard, E. Clayton Ward,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Alex North,
  • Vocals:
    Jimmie Rodgers,
  • Art Direction:
    Maurice Ransford, Lyle R. Wheeler,
  • Assistant Director:
    Eli Dunn,
  • Set Decoration:
    Walter M. Scott, Eli Benneche,
  • Special Effects:
    L.B. Abbott,
  • Other:
    Leonard Doss,
  • Wardrobe Designer:
    Charles Le Maire,
  • Songs:
    Alex North,
  • Conductor:
    Lionel Newman,
  • Music:
    Alex North,
  • Short Story:
    William Faulkner,
  • Hairstylist:
    Helen Turpin,
  • Novel:
    William Faulkner,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Ben Nye,
  • Costume Design:
    Adele Palmer,
  • Screenplay:
    Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.,
  • Lyricist:
    Sammy Cahn,

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