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The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

7.0/ 10

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1958

Release Year

115 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

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Keywords

small town
based on novel or book
arranged marriage
host family
family relationships
sexual tension
arson
class differences
false accusations
arsonist
sexual repression
overbearing father
stranger
based on short story
sharecropper
general store
father son conflict
summertime
father son relationship
father daughter relationship
southern gothic
seducer
charming man

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 29, 2024

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7/10

This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickly tries to ingratiate himself into their wealthy ways. They, indeed the whole town, are dominated by the patriarchal "Will"

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