The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Delmer DavesDirector
- Delmer DavesWriter
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard EganKen Jorgenson
- Dorothy McGuireSylvia Hunter
- Sandra DeeMolly Jorgenson
- Arthur KennedyBart Hunter
- Troy DonahueJohnny Hunter
- Beulah BondiMrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
- Constance FordHelen Jorgenson
- Jack RichardsonClaude Andrews
- Martin EricTodd Harper, Handyman at Pine Island Inn
- Eleanor AudleyWaiting Guest at Molly's College (uncredited)
- Marshall BradfordDr. Matthias (uncredited)
- Phil ChambersSheriff (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
businessmansummeryoung loveformer flame