Lee Erickson

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury co-star in this riveting tale of life in the Deep South. When Ben Quick (Newman), a suspected barnburner drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will Varner, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch (Welles) who decides Quick is the ideal husband for his spinsterish daughter (Woodward). But once the loner moves in, the two men lock horns, drawing Varner's family into a complex web of emotions leaving all of them changed forever. Based on several short stories by William Faulkner.

A young man returns to a small town where his father was accused of setting fatal fires.

A young man returns to a small town where his father was accused of setting fatal fires.

A young man returns to a small town where his father was accused of setting fatal fires.

A young man returns to a small town where his father was accused of setting fatal fires.

A young Southern roughneck tries to win the favor of a local tyrant by influencing his weak son and unwed daughter.

Burt Lancaster and Dianne Foster star in this dramatic tale of a father and young son's journey across the rugged, 1820 Kentucky wilderness amidst ferocious fighting, high-stepping minstrels and gorgeous scenery.