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A Summer Place (1959)

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Release Date: Oct 22, 1959 Wide

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The Jorgensons are a wealthy family spending the summer on a resort island. Ken (Richard Egan), Helen (Constance Ford) and daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) settle in to a beach house on the island where Ken was a young lifeguard twenty years ago. He rediscovers Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), with whom he had an earlier affair before she married Bart Hunter (Arthur Kennedy). The Hunter's son Johnny (Troy Donahue) and Molly fall in love, much to the objection of her mother, a cold and cynical woman. When

Unrated, 2 hr. 10 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Delmer Daves

Written By: Delmer Daves

In Theaters: Oct 22, 1959 Wide

On DVD: Feb 6, 2007

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Richard Egan
Ken Jorgenson
Dorothy McGuire
Sylvia Hunter
Sandra Dee
Molly Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy
Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue
John Hunter
Constance Ford
Helen Jorgenson
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Hamilton Hamble
Jack Richardson
Claude Andrews
Martin Eric
Todd Hasper
Eleanor Audley
Mrs. Harrington
Marshall Bradford
Dr. Matthias
Peter Constanti
Captain
Richard Deacon
Pawnbroker
Ann Doran
Mrs. Talbert
Gertrude Flynn
Mrs. Carter
Bonnie Franklin
Young Girl in Dormitory
Everett Glass
Dean
Howard Hoffman
Alvin Frost
Lewis Martin
Doctor
Junius Matthews
Mr. Hamble
Susan Odin
Roberta Shore
Anne Talbert
Arthur Space
Ken's Attorney
Helen Wallace
Wife
Phil Chambers
Sheriff
Robert Griffin
Englehardt
George Taylor
Bart's Attorney
Dorothy Mc Guire

Critic Reviews for A Summer Place

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The movie is so-so, BUT that great theme music!

June 7, 2007 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Overlong and overwrought...

March 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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Reflecting the sexual angsts and domestic anxieties of the 1950s, Delmer Daves' schmaltzy melodrama is known today for catapulting Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee to stardom and for Max Steiner's melodic tune, which became that year's most popular song.

July 4, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Soap opera supreme, 1950s-style. "We've got to be good..."

January 23, 2004 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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If you've seen Grease you've heard that song about Sandra Dee, Sandra plays against that image in this movie. I liked this movie because I could relate, as many do, to the predicament of having divorced parents who date people and you're expected to like them. Plus, the teenage dilemmas in the story as well. Overall a good movie, I liked it.

September 5, 2010