Main Cast: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Jr., Cybill Shepherd, Ava Gardner, Judith Ivey
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 172 minutes
Plot
The made-for-TV The Long Hot Summer was based on the 1958 theatrical film of the same name-which, in turn, was based on two William Faulkner short stories. Don Johnson plays Ben Quick, a Southern drifter who is under suspicion as a "barn burner." Ben secures a job at the Mississippi mansion of town-boss Will Varner (Jason Robards). Varner's daughter Noel (Judith Ivey) and daughter-in-law Eula (Cybill Shepherd) vie for the handsome Ben's attention, while the patriarch's weakling son Jody (William Russ) seethes. When a few local barns are burned, Ben is the primary suspect-and no one is more suspicious than Noel. A murder trial and lynch mob both figure into the second half of the two-part The Long Hot Summer; the film originally aired October 6 and 7, 1985. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Shay Cunliffe - Costume Designer, Stuart Cooper - Director, Charles Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Alex North - Composer (Music Score), Reed Smoot - Cinematographer, Rita Mae Brown - Screenwriter, Dennis Turner - Screenwriter, William Faulkner - Book Author
