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The Long Hot Summer
Accused barn burner and con man Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners. Civic leader Will Varner decides Ben might be just the man for his daughter, Clara, much to the displeasure of Will's gutless son and Clara's society boyfriend.
24 March 1906, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
March 11, 1898 in Romania
16 October 1925, Regent's Park, London, England, UK
6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
24 December 1896, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
February 22, 1905 in New York, USA
1 July 1896, Pendleton, Indiana, USA
14 July 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 29, 1949 in San Diego, California, USA
September 25, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA
2 June 1899, New Mexico, USA
June 02, 2011
This small-town family melodrama, a quintessential 1950s film in its themes and tensions, is well acted by Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Lee Remick.March 25, 2006
The Long, Hot Summer starts superbly and ends in a senseless, flabby heap.September 08, 2003
O belo roteiro, escrito a partir de histórias de William Faulkner, ganha ainda mais dimensão graças às performances de Newman, Woodward e Welles - além, é claro, da direção segura de Martin Ritt e da ótima fotografia.March 01, 2004
The conclusion is surprising and quite exciting, as this self-contained little southern world unravels.January 07, 2008
This picture is strikingly directed by Martin Ritt.July 04, 2003
Newman, perfectly cast as the intruder, dominates the movie.June 24, 2006
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).July 04, 2003
[An] uneasy blend of three Faulkner short stories.October 01, 2008
Newman's performance as Ben Quick, before the script blunts it, is as mean and keen as a cackle-edge scythe.January 07, 2008
Director Martin Ritt and writers Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch opted for a less-than-faithful adaptation of the author's work, and the results were excellent.