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A Summer Place

A Summer Place

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A Summer Place

"The Inn... The Guests... The Sensations..."

1959

2h 10m

6.6(54 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

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Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

Ken Jorgenson

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Sylvia Hunter

Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee

Molly Jorgenson

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Bart Hunter

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

Johnny Hunter

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi

Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble

Constance Ford

Constance Ford

Helen Jorgenson

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Claude Andrews

Martin Eric

Todd Harper, Handyman at Pine Island Inn

Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley

Waiting Guest at Molly's College (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Delmer Daves
Written by: Delmer Daves
Produced by: Delmer Daves

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