Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
Joseph LaShelleComposer:
Alex NorthCast:
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Byron Foulger (more)VOD (1)
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When Ben Quick (Newman), a suspected barnburner drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will Varner, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch (Welles) who decides Quick is the ideal husband for his spinsterish daughter (Woodward). But once the loner moves in, the two men lock horns, drawing Varner's family into a complex web of emotions and actions that leaves all of them changed forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Joanne Woodward
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Anthony Franciosa
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Lee Remick
USA
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Omen (1976)
Angela Lansbury
UK
Best movies:
Sweeney Todd (1982) (TV movie)
Gaslight (1944)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
J. Pat O'Malley
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Val Avery
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Robert Adler
USA
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Bill Walker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Mabel Albertson
USA
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Barefoot in the Park (1967)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ralph Reed
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Oscar Blank
Romania
Best movies:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Sarah Marshall
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
Eugene Jackson
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Chester Jones
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Country Girl (1954)
Paul Ravel
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Helen Wallace
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)