As Summers Die (1986)
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As Summers Die was produced as an "HBO Premiere" attraction. Set in the segregationist South of the 1950s, the film pits the wealthy but decadent members of a landed-gentry white family against a feisty old black woman, on whose property oil has been discovered. Idealistic attorney Scott Glenn bucks the family--and the inbred prejudices of the community--to protect the woman's interests. He finds himself with two unsuspected allies in the forms of young Jamie Lee Curtis and ancient Bette Davis, two "renegade" members of the very family that wants to grab the oil-rich land. As Summers Die had its cable-TV debut on May 17, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Jean-Claude Tramont
Synopsis of As Summers Die
As Summers Die was produced as an "HBO Premiere" attraction. Set in the segregationist South of the 1950s, the film pits the wealthy but decadent members of a landed-gentry white family against a feisty old black woman, on whose property oil has been discovered. Idealistic attorney Scott Glenn bucks the family--and the inbred prejudices of the community--to protect the woman's interests. He finds himself with two unsuspected allies in the forms of young Jamie Lee Curtis and ancient Bette Davis, two "renegade" members of the very family that wants to grab the oil-rich land. As Summers Die had its cable-TV debut on May 17, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of As Summers Die
- Jamie Lee Curtis - Whitsey Loftin
- Scott Glenn - Willie Croft
- Penny Fuller - Marci Holt
- Bruce McGill - V.D. Skinner
- Danny Nelson - Burt
- John Randolph - Augustus Tompkins
- Paul Roebling - Percy Holt
- Ron O'Neal - Daniel Backus
- Bette Davis - Hannah Loftin
- Bill Coates - Carley
- Ed Grady - Boudreaux
- John McIntire - Judge Dudley McCormack
- CCH Pounder - Priscilla
- Beah Richards - Elvira Backus
- Richard Venture - Brevard Holt
- John Eldridge - Tax Assessor
- Director(s):
- Jean-Claude Tramont
- Writer(s):
- Jeff Andrus
- Producer(s):
- Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen
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