The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Martin Ritt.

Cast

• Paul Newman as Ben Quick
• Joanne Woodward as Clara Varner
• Anthony Franciosa as Jody Varner
• Orson Welles as Will Varner
• Lee Remick as Eula Varner
• Angela Lansbury as Minnie Littlejohn
• Richard Anderson as Alan Stewart
• Sarah Marshall as Agnes Stewart
• Mabel Albertson as Elizabeth Stewart
• J. Pat O'Malley as Ratliff
• Bill Walker as Lucius
• Robert Adler as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
• Val Avery as Wilk (uncredited)
• Jim Brandt as Linus Olds (uncredited)
• Brian Corcoran as Harry Peabody (uncredited)
• Lee Erickson as Tom Shortly (uncredited)
• Byron Foulger as Harris (uncredited)
• I. Stanford Jolley as Houston (uncredited)
• Nicholas King as John Fisher (uncredited)
• Ralph Reed as J. V. Bookright (uncredited)
• Steve Widders as Buddy Peabody (uncredited)
• Arthur Tovey as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Helen Wallace as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Al Bain as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Oscar Blank as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Danny Borzage as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Ella Mae Brown as Woman at Auction (uncredited)
• Joseph Glick as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Frank Green as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Jimmie Horan as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Eugene Jackson as Waiter (uncredited)
• Michael Jeffers as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Chester Jones as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Joseph C. Narcisse as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Terry Rangno as Pete Armistead (uncredited)
• Paul Ravel as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Victor Rodman as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
• Walter Smith as Man at Auction (uncredited)

Crew

• Martin Ritt — Director
• Alex North — Original Music Composer
• Jerry Wald — Producer
• Joseph LaShelle — Director of Photography
• William Faulkner — Novel
• Irving Ravetch — Screenplay
• Harriet Frank Jr. — Screenplay

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