Top billed cast

1. 

   Jennifer O'Neill

   Dorothy

2. 

   Gary Grimes

   Hermie

3. 

   Jerry Houser

   Oscy

4. 

   Oliver Conant

   Benjie

5. 

   Katherine Allentuck

   Aggie

6. 

   Christopher Norris

   Miriam

7. 

   Lou Frizzell

   Druggist

8. 

   Walter Scott

   Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

9. 

   Maureen Stapleton

   Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-05-21

**_Sex-obsessed boys on Nantucket in 1942_**

RELEASED IN 1971 and directed by Robert Mulligan, "Summer of '42” is the biographical drama of Herman “Hermie” Raucher (Gary Grimes) coming of age at 15 during the titular season & year on Nantucket Island. He and his two pals, Oscy and Benji, hang out on the island learning about sex and chasing girls. Meanwhile, Hermie is an awe of a 21 year-old woman (Jennifer O'Neill) whose soldier husband is off fighting WWII.

This is such a well-done classic film from the early 70s. The island locales are breathtaking while the story is low-key ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• island
• beach
• sexual frustration
• age difference
• obsession
• world war ii
• sand
• coming of age
• summer vacation
• beach house
• first love
• older woman younger man relationship
• sexual awakening
• 1940s
• summer cottage
• soldier's wife