Noche larga y febril

Autolycus meets Faulkner in a sunbaked Mississippi town where a drifter insinuates himself into the Varner dynasty then watches the house catch fire. A star-making turn by Paul Newman keeps the fuse short. 1958 Dixie noir.

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Martin Ritt directed Noche larga y febril in 1958. See Martin Ritt's full filmography, where to start with Martin Ritt, or where to go after you've seen everything by Martin Ritt.

Noche larga y febril was released in 1958 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.