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The Long Hot Summer

When Ben Quick, a reputed barn-burner and ruthless opportunist, arrives in the small southern town of Frenchman's Bend, it doesn't take him long to impress the town's 'owner', Will Varner. But this handsome stranger's heartless charm is not as appealing to Varner's daughter Clara.

1 hour, 51 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Aug 202510:05
BBC Two

Credits

Ben QuickPaul Newman
Will VarnerOrson Welles
Clara VarnerJoanne Woodward
Jody VarnerAnthony Franciosa
Minnie LittlejohnAngela Lansbury
Alan StewartRichard Anderson
Agnes StewartSarah Marshall
EulaLee Remick
DirectorMartin Ritt
WriterIrving Ravetch

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