Summer of '42 (1971)

04/19/1971 (US) • 1h 43m

Comedy, Drama, Romance

In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42"

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lou Frizzell

Druggist

Walter Scott

Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

Maureen Stapleton

Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)


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Includes Summer of '42, Class of '44

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

island

beach

sexual frustration

age difference

obsession

world war ii

sand

coming of age

summer vacation

beach house

first love

older woman younger man relationship

sexual awakening

1940s

summer cottage

soldier's wife

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