The Long, Hot Summer Movie Review 1986

TV version of the William Faulkner story, "The Hamlet," about a drifter taken under a Southern patriarch's wing. He's bribed into courting the man's unmarried daughter. Wonderful performances from the entire cast, especially Ivey and surprisingly, Johnson. Remake of the 1958 film with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward that is on par with the original.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 172 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Family Ties, Books to Film: William Faulkner

Cast

Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd, Judith Ivey, Jason Robards, Ava Gardner, William Russ, Wings Hauser, William Forsythe, Albert Hall

Director

Stuart Cooper

Music

Charles Bernstein

Producer

20th Century-Fox