Full awards and nominations of The Long, Hot Summer
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Drama
Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs of him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben ... [+]
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Cannes Film Festival 1958
- nom. Golden Palm: Best Picture
- winner Award for Best Actor (Paul Newman)
- Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1958
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New York Film Critics Circle - Year 1958 - http://nyfcc.com
- nom. Best Actress (Joanne Woodward)
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NBR (National Board of Review) - Awards for 1958
- nom. Top Ten Films
- Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1958 Productions