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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.
Sun-drenched nostalgia meets the aching loneliness of a world at war. This coming-of-age tale captures the bittersweet sting of adolescent longing against a backdrop of looming global tragedy.
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Robert Mulligan
Cast
Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Katherine Allentuck, Christopher Norris, Lou Frizzell, Walter Scott, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Mulligan
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Summer of '42
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6.7/10
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78%
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Director
Robert Mulligan
Cast
Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Katherine Allentuck, Christopher Norris, Lou Frizzell, Walter Scott, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Mulligan
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