Will Varner regeert met strenge hand over Frenchman's Bend, een dorpje langs de Mississippi. Hij is grootgrondbezitter, zit in verkiezingscomités en is eigenaar van de bank, het benzinestation en de kruidenierswinkel.
Nee, helaas is The Long, Hot Summer nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Crew | L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Directing | Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| Writing | William Faulkner | Short Story |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jimmie Rodgers | Vocals |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Leonard Doss | Other |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Art | Eli Benneche | Set Decoration |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Sound | E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Camera | Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Alex North | Songs |
| Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Faulkner | Novel |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
