Summer of '42

Summer of '42 (1971)

In everyone's life there's a "Summer of '42"

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.

Date of release
1971-04-19
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (166)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Robert Mulligan

Casting

  • Jennifer O'Neill — Dorothy
  • Gary Grimes — Hermie
  • Jerry Houser — Oscy
  • Oliver Conant — Benjie
  • Katherine Allentuck — Aggie
  • Christopher Norris — Miriam
  • Lou Frizzell — Druggist
  • Walter Scott — Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)
  • Maureen Stapleton — Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
  • Robert Mulligan — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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