The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer is a story about a young man named Ben, who becomes a sharecropper on a plantation owned by the towns dominant figure, Will Varner, and falls in love with his daughter Clara, all while dealing with his troubled past and the jealousy of Wills son Jody. The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 American English-language Drama film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Steve Widders. The Long, Hot Summer was Produced by Jerry Wald. The movie is directed by Martin Ritt. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Long, Hot Summer was released on 18th May 1958 and takes a screen time of 115 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Long, Hot Summer was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $3 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. and William Faulkner. Cinematography was done by Joseph LaShelle and editing by Louis R. Loeffler. The music was composed by Alex North.