As Summers Die

As Summers Die (1986)

Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Davis Shine in a Powerful Drama!

Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.

Date of release
1986-05-18
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Jean-Claude Tramont

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Georgia

As Summers Die is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film starring Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis and Beah Richards, directed by Jean-Claude Tramont. The film is loosely based on Winston Groom's 1980 novel of the same name about greed, bigotry and justice in late 1950s segregationist southern Louisiana. It was filmed in Valdosta and Quitman Georgia and premiered on HBO on May 18, 1986. The film was the last television film produced by HBO Premiere Films before being folded into HBO Pictures, with the next Premiere film, Apology, released under that banner. It was later released on VHS by HBO/Cannon Video.

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