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The Long, Hot Summer

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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Variety
Variety
"Strikingly directed by Martin Ritt." POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"'The Long, Hot Summer' starts superbly and ends in a senseless, flabby heap."  NEU
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
"[An] uneasy blend of three Faulkner short stories." NEU
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