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Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury co-star in this riveting tale of life in the Deep South. Provocative and compelling, it simmers with sexual tension, bawdy humor and a powerful clash of personalities. 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.
Original Release
05/18/1958
US Release
08/18/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Newman | Ben Quick |
Joanne Woodward | Clara Varner |
Anthony Franciosa | Jody Varner |
Orson Welles | Will Varner |
Lee Remick | Eula Varner |
Angela Lansbury | Minnie Littlejohn |
Richard Anderson | Alan Stewart |
Sarah Marshall | Agnes Stewart |
Mabel Albertson | Elizabeth Stewart |
J. Pat O'Malley | Ratliff |
Directors
Writers
William Faulkner, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Newman | Ben Quick |
Joanne Woodward | Clara Varner |
Anthony Franciosa | Jody Varner |
Orson Welles | Will Varner |
Lee Remick | Eula Varner |
Angela Lansbury | Minnie Littlejohn |
Richard Anderson | Alan Stewart |
Sarah Marshall | Agnes Stewart |
Mabel Albertson | Elizabeth Stewart |
J. Pat O'Malley | Ratliff |
Bill Walker | Lucius |
Robert Adler | Ambulance Driver |
Val Avery | Wilk |
Al Bain | Man at Auction |
Oscar Blank | Man at Auction |
Danny Borzage | Man at Auction |
Jim Brandt | Linus Olds |
Ella Mae Brown | Woman at Auction |
Brian Corcoran | Harry Peabody |
Lee Erickson | Tom Shortly |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jerry Wald | Producer |