Angela Lansbury, Anthony Franciosa, George Dunn
Newman plays a Mississippi sharecropper given to hot tempered behavior in this loose adapation of the William Faulkner novel.
DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
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December 30, 2008I can't say anything constructive about this movie without mentioning Newman's Long, Hot.. looks. It could have been a little more steamy as far as I'm concerned, as the title suggests.
But I have to add that Orson Welles (what a beautiful name) was great in his role as big grum...( read more) -
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November 29, 2009Fun, old fashioned drama with humorous overtones. Orson Welles consumes the screen whenever he appears but the able cast pushes back and manages to hold their quarter. A good way to spend a couple of hours.
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September 26, 2009Despite the bizarrely happy ending, the film has a quality of sadness about it, perhaps because the countryside it shows us, before the hideous sprawl of strip malls and subdivisions took over, shrinks day by day.
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September 26, 2009OK film that is brought to another level by it's extremely talented cast. First, you have Paul Newman who is his usual, cool self. Then there is the added bonus of watching Orson Welles chewing scenery and having a ball in a way over the top performance. Not to mention the beauti...( read more)
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September 14, 2009Everything about this classic is... well, classic. The cast alone makes it a must-see. However, I couldn't rate it higher because it felt too close and had too many similarities to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - and was even released in the same year. There's lots of cool things ab...( read more)
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July 18, 2009"The red-hot lowdown on a southern family...that people talked about in whispers"
Great fun! A really entertaining picture that brought Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward together. It's taken from several stories by William Faulkner, but it's really closer to Tennessee W...( read more) -
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February 9, 2009Made the same year as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof which was a much better movie. Long Hot Summer seemed like a lesser wanna be of "Cat" but still worth the watch.
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