Summer of '42
1971 · Movie · 1h 43m · PG
ComedyDramaRomance
"In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42""
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
59/100
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)
Stills
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Themes
islandbeachsexual frustrationage differenceobsessionworld war iisandcoming of agesummer vacationbeach housefirst loveolder woman younger man relationship