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 |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Crew | L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Directing | Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| Writing | William Faulkner | Short Story |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Sound | Jimmie Rodgers | Vocals |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Leonard Doss | Other |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Camera | Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Eli Benneche | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Sound | E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Alex North | Songs |
| Writing | William Faulkner | Novel |
| Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
