The long, hot summer

The long, hot summer

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Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara shoul...

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Other Authors: Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor), Woodward, Joanne, 1930- (Actor), Franciosa, Anthony, 1928-2006 (Actor), Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Actor), Remick, Lee (Actor), Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 (Actor), Ravetch, Irving, Frank, Harriet, Jr, Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962, Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990, Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003?]
Edition:Widescreen ed.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Mississippi > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Summary:Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.
Item Description:Based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Bonus features: AMC Backstory "Long Hot Summer"; Movie Tone News: The Long Hot Summer in World Premiere, a Louisiana Triumph"; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, stereo surround or mono, region 1.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Joseph LaShelle ; editing, Louis R. Loeffler ; sound, Harry M. Leonard, E. Clayton Ward.

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