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    Drama TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Long, Hot Summer, The

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    1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 6 (USA)
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    Ben Quick (Roy Thinnes) returns to the Southern US town of Frenchman’s Bend, Mississippi, to claim his inheritance and soon runs afoul of local town “Boss” and patriarch Will Varner, played by Edmond O’Brien initially, and then Dan O’Herlihy.

    O’Brien withdrew from the show in October 1965 over a “difference of opinion” on how to play the character. No explanation was given to viewers for the change of faces.

    The handsome Ben attracts the attention of the local women but Will’s young son Jody Varner (Paul Geary) is resentful of his attributes. Nancy Malone played Varner’s disenchanted daughter, Clara.

    Episodes comprised stand-alone stories rather than a continuing narrative in serial format. The series – airing on the ABC network – was based on characters and stories created by author William Faulkner.

    The 20th Century Fox-produced series lasted only a few months due to poor scripts and general discontentment by the actors. Thinnes moves directly onto the infinitely more successful The Invaders.

    Ben Quick
    Roy Thinnes
    Clara Varner
    Nancy Malone
    Jody Varner
    Paul Geary
    Eula Harker
    Lana Wood
    Minnie Littlejohn
    Ruth Roman
    Andrew
    Charles Lampkin
    ‘Boss’ Will Varner
    Edmond O’Brien (1)
    Dan O’Herlihy (2)
    Sheriff Harve Anders
    Paul Bryar

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