A Summer Place (1959)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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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
Oct 22, 1959 Wide
Feb 6, 2007
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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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 -
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Roberta Shore
Anne Talbert -
Arthur Space
Ken's Attorney -
Helen Wallace
Wife -
Phil Chambers
Sheriff -
Robert Griffin
Englehardt -
George Taylor
Bart's Attorney -
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
The movie is so-so, BUT that great theme music!
Overlong and overwrought...
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.
Soap opera supreme, 1950s-style. "We've got to be good..."
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Foreign Titles
- Summer Place, A (1959) (DE)
- Summer Place, A (1959) (UK)
