Summer of '42 (1971)

  • PG
  • 04/18/1971 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 43m

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.

Robert Mulligan

Director

Herman Raucher

Writer

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill's headshot

Jennifer O'Neill

Dorothy
Gary Grimes's headshot

Gary Grimes

Hermie
Jerry Houser's headshot

Jerry Houser

Oscy
Oliver Conant's headshot

Oliver Conant

Benjie
Katherine Allentuck's headshot

Katherine Allentuck

Aggie
Christopher Norris's headshot

Christopher Norris

Miriam
Lou Frizzell's headshot

Lou Frizzell

Druggist
Walter Scott's headshot

Walter Scott

Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

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