Fresh
This picture is strikingly directed by Martin Ritt.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Long, Hot Summer
The people of Faulkner...the language of Faulkner...the world of Faulkner!
1958 · 1h 55m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Overview
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Director and cast
- Martin Ritt Director
- Paul Newman as Ben Quick
- Joanne Woodward as Clara Varner
- Anthony Franciosa as Jody Varner
- Orson Welles as Will Varner
- Lee Remick as Eula Varner
- Angela Lansbury as Minnie Littlejohn
- Richard Anderson as Alan Stewart
- Sarah Marshall as Agnes Stewart
- Mabel Albertson as Elizabeth Stewart
- J. Pat O'Malley as Ratliff
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Long, Hot Summer starts superbly and ends in a senseless, flabby heap.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
[An] uneasy blend of three Faulkner short stories.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Newman's performance as Ben Quick, before the script blunts it, is as mean and keen as a cackle-edge scythe.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
The ending is an unconvincing cop out, but it can't spoil the film's compulsive dramatic tension (or a marvellous comic cameo from Angela Lansbury as Welles' long-suffering mistress).
Time Out
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