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Feature film — 1971

Summer of '42 (1971)

6.81h 43mComedy — Drama — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 169 votes.

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Director: Robert Mulligan

On screen

Cast & crew

Jennifer O'Neill as Dorothy

Jennifer O'Neill

Dorothy

Gary Grimes as Hermie

Gary Grimes

Hermie

Jerry Houser as Oscy

Jerry Houser

Oscy

Oliver Conant as Benjie

Oliver Conant

Benjie

Katherine Allentuck as Aggie

Katherine Allentuck

Aggie

Christopher Norris as Miriam

Christopher Norris

Miriam

Lou Frizzell as Druggist

Lou Frizzell

Druggist

W

Walter Scott

Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

Maureen Stapleton as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Maureen Stapleton

Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Mulligan as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Mulligan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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