Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Paul Newman
as Ben Quick

Joanne Woodward
as Clara Varner

Anthony Franciosa
as Jody Varner

Orson Welles
as Will Varner

Lee Remick
as Eula Varner

Angela Lansbury
as Minnie Littlejohn

Richard Anderson
as Alan Stewart

Sarah Marshall
as Agnes Stewart

Mabel Albertson
as Elizabeth Stewart

J. Pat O'Malley
as Ratliff
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This reminded me a little of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954) with Paul Newman playing the roguish "Quick" who arrives in a small town, dominated by the "Varner" family and quickly tries to ingratiate himself into their wealthy ways. They, indeed the whole town, are dominated by the patriarchal "Will"...