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Summer of '42

Summer of '42

1971 · Movie · 1h 43m · PG

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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.

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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.2/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes77%21%
Metacritic59/10021%
TMDB6.7/10169 votes16%
Balasaur Score70100%

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