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Summer of '42( 1971)

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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

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      Jennifer O'Neill

      Dorothy

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      Gary Grimes

      Hermie

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      Jerry Houser

      Oscy

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      Oliver Conant

      Benjie

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      Katherine Allentuck

      Aggie

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      Christopher Norris

      Miriam

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      Lou Frizzell

      Druggist

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      Walter Scott

      Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

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      Maureen Stapleton

      Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

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      Robert Mulligan

      Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Mon May 21 2018
    Sex-obsessed boys on Nantucket in 1942 RELEASED IN 1971 and directed by Robert Mulligan, "Summer of '42” is the biographical drama of Herman “Hermie” Raucher (Gary Grimes) coming of age at 15 during the titular season & year on Nantucket Island. He and his two pals, Oscy and Benji, hang out on the island learning about sex and chasing girls. Meanwhile, Hermie is an awe of a 21 year-old woman (Jennifer O'Neill) whose soldier husband is off fighting WWII. This is such a well-done classic film from the early 70s. The island locales are breathtaking while the story is low-key realistic, wh...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    -

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    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