The Long, Hot Summer

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 The Long, Hot Summer 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.

The Long, Hot Summer was released in 1958 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.