The Long, Hot Summer 65 years old

The red-hot lowdown on a southern family...that people talked about in whispers!

The Long, Hot Summer

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 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.

Credits

The Long, Hot Summer Cast

Name Character
Joanne Woodward She was 28, now 94 years old as Clara Varner
Richard Anderson He was 31, 91 years old when he died as Alan Stewart
Angela Lansbury She was 32, now 98 years old as Minnie Littlejohn
Byron Foulger He was 58, 70 years old when he died as Harris (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley He was 54, 80 years old when he died as Ratliff
Paul Newman He was 33, 83 years old when he died as Ben Quick
Orson Welles He was 42, 70 years old when he died as Will Varner
Mabel Albertson She was 56, 81 years old when she died as Elizabeth Stewart
Anthony Franciosa He was 29, 77 years old when he died as Jody Varner
Lee Remick She was 22, 55 years old when she died as Eula Varner
Bill Walker He was 6, 44 years old when he died as Lucius
Sarah Marshall She was 24, 80 years old when she died as Agnes Stewart

The Long, Hot Summer Crew

Name Department
Louis R. Loeffler as Editor. He was 61 (75) years old when He died Editing
Joseph LaShelle as Director of Photography. He was 57 (89) years old when He died Camera
Walter M. Scott as Set Decoration. He was 51 (82) years old when He died Art
E. Clayton Ward as Sound. He was 67 (76) years old when He died Sound
William Faulkner as Novel. He was 60 (64) years old when He died Writing
Ben Nye as Makeup Artist. He was 51 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Helen Turpin as Hairstylist. He was 48 (82) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Harry M. Leonard as Sound. He was 57 (85) years old when He died Sound
Irving Ravetch as Screenplay. He was 37 (89) years old when He died Writing
Harriet Frank, Jr. as Screenplay. She was 41 (now 107) years old Writing
Eli Benneche as Set Decoration. Art
Alex North as Music. He was 47 (80) years old when He died Sound
Jerry Wald as Producer. He was 46 (50) years old when He died Production
Maurice Ransford as Art Direction. He was 61 (72) years old when He died Art
Adele Palmer as Costume Design. She was 42 (92) years old when She died Costume & Make-Up
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The Long, Hot Summer (65 years)

The red-hot lowdown on a southern family...that people talked about in whispers!

  • Release day: Thursday, April 03, 1958
  • Runtime: 115 minutes