Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs of him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the family
Genre: Drama, Romance
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick
Producer: Louis R. Loeffler, Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph LaShelle, Alex North, Walter M. Scott
IMDb Score: 7.3/10 by 92 users
Runtime: 115 minutes
Released: 4/3/1958