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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 77%, Metacritic 59/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
164 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert MulliganDirector
- Herman RaucherWriter
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jennifer O'NeillDorothy
- Gary GrimesHermie
- Jerry HouserOscy
- Oliver ConantBenjie
- Katherine AllentuckAggie
- Christopher NorrisMiriam
- Lou FrizzellDruggist
- Walter ScottDorothy's Husband (uncredited)
- Maureen StapletonHermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- Robert MulliganNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Themes
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