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Summer of '42

Summer of '42

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

19716.71h 43m

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.

Directed by Robert Mulligan
Written by Herman Raucher
Produced by Richard A. Roth
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Top Cast

Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill

Dorothy

Gary Grimes

Gary Grimes

Hermie

Jerry Houser

Jerry Houser

Oscy

Oliver Conant

Oliver Conant

Benjie

Katherine Allentuck

Katherine Allentuck

Aggie

Christopher Norris

Christopher Norris

Miriam

Lou Frizzell

Lou Frizzell

Druggist

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Walter Scott

Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Mulligan

Robert Mulligan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

islandbeachsexual frustrationage differenceobsessionworld war iisandcoming of agesummer vacationbeach housefirst loveolder woman younger man relationshipsexual awakening1940ssummer cottagesoldier's wife

About Summer of '42

Summer of '42 is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1971 exploring themes of island, beach, sexual frustration, age difference, obsession, world war ii. Directed by Robert Mulligan, it stars Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser. 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.

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