A Summer Place
The Inn... The Guests... The Sensations...
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11/18/1959Runtime
130 minsOverview
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.
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A lush mid-century romance that luxuriates in conflicted desire and summer atmosphere while tracking both generational desire and its fallout. The film balances the rekindled passion of the parents with the young lovers' innocence, building toward emotional turbulence for all involved.
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Richard Egan
Ken Jorgenson
Dorothy McGuire
Sylvia Hunter
Sandra Dee
Molly Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy
Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue
Johnny Hunter
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
Constance Ford
Helen Jorgenson
Jack Richardson
Claude Andrews
Martin Eric
Todd Harper, Handyman at Pine Island Inn
Eleanor Audley
Waiting Guest at Molly's College (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Dr. Matthias (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Sheriff (uncredited)
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