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Summer of '42
“In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42"”
6.7 / 10• 1971• 1h 43m•PG• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.
Cast & Crew
Jennifer O'Neill
Dorothy
Lead
Gary Grimes
Hermie
Jerry Houser
Oscy
Oliver Conant
Benjie
Katherine Allentuck
Aggie
Christopher Norris
Miriam
Lou Frizzell
Druggist
WS
Walter Scott
Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Mulligan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Summer of '42 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
