Plot:
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Tags:
small town,
based on novel or book,
arranged marriage,
host family,
family relationships,
sexual tension,
arson,
class differences,
false accusations,
arsonist,
sexual repression,
overbearing father,
stranger,
based on short story,
sharecropper,
general store,
father son conflict,
summertime,
father son relationship,
father daughter relationship,
southern gothic,
seducer,
charming man,
Joanne Woodward
Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa
Jody Varner
Angela Lansbury
Minnie Littlejohn
L.B. Abbott
Special Effects
Eli Dunn
Assistant Director
William Faulkner
Short Story
Alex North
Original Music Composer
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