<Li> William "Bill" Walker as Lucius </Li> <P> Producer Jerry Wald hired former co-worker and Warner Brothers director Martin Ritt to shoot the adaptation of two William Faulkner novels based on a recommendation by script writer Irving Ravetch . Wald convinced the studio executives to pay US $50,000 for the rights for the novels The Sound and the Fury and The Hamlet . The first to be produced, The Hamlet, was renamed The Long Hot Summer to avoid confusion with William Shakespeare's play Hamlet . Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. wrote the script, also adding fragments from Faulkner's short stories "Barn Burning" and "Spotted Horses". In the new script, the book's main character, Flem Snopes, and the rest of the Snopes family were removed . The plot was recentered on a minor character, Ben Quick, and the reconciliation of the Varner family . On their first important screenplay, Ravetch and Frank implemented their signature style, using the names of characters and a few details of the plot but significantly modifying the details of the story . The final product was heavily influenced by Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, resulting in an "erotically charged" story . </P> <P> The film was shot in Clinton and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in CinemaScope color, with a budget of US $1,645,000 . A Southern Gothic story, Ritt decided to shoot it on location to capture the characteristics of the area, emphasizing the regional details . Ritt met leading actor Paul Newman while teaching at the Actors Studio . The rest of the main cast also consisted of former Actors Studio alumni, including Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa and Lee Remick . </P> <P> The film attracted attention for the appearance of Orson Welles as Will Varner, the patriarch of the family . 20th Century Fox wanted to avoid the casting of Welles due to his temperament, but the studio was persuaded by Ritt, who considered him the right actor for the role . The director and the actor had several marked differences during the shooting of the movie, which included problems with the interpretation of the lines, costume design and the position of Welles while shooting the scenes . At one point during the production, Welles informed Ritt that he did not want to memorize his lines, requesting instead that they be dubbed afterwards . Part of the cast was intimidated by Welles' temperamental attitude . </P>

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