In Martin Ritt's sultry southern romantic melodrama that adapted a melange of William Faulkner stories - a film that was made during the passionate courtship of the two main performers (in their first ...

The Long, Hot Summer was the first film that Newman and Woodward made together, and they got married the same year.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide ...

The film is downright healthy ... and she suddenly recognizes her love for Ben Quick. The Long Hot Summer ends as it begins--with Eula and her husband romping off to bed; but now everyone's ...