A Summer Place
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A Summer Place

The Inn... The Guests... The Sensations...

6.6 / 10 1959 2h 10mNR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

Cast & Crew

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

Ken Jorgenson

Lead
Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Sylvia Hunter

Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee

Molly Jorgenson

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Bart Hunter

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

Johnny Hunter

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi

Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble

Constance Ford

Constance Ford

Helen Jorgenson

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Claude Andrews

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Delmer Daves's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. A Summer Place is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker