A Summer Place
1959 · Movie · NR · 130 min · ★ 6.6 · 78% critics
A self-made businessman reconnects with a former romance as their teenagers’ own relationship sparks trouble. The story intertwines two couples’ attempts to keep up appearances and deal with the fallout as love turns messy and consequences pile up for everyone.
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-11-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (54 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like classic romance melodramas with tense, love-versus-morals energy and a famous theme song; Not for you if you want modern realism or subtle romance.
Pros: powerful love theme; strong cast; era-defining melodrama | Cons: dated dialogue; judgmental tone; soap-opera plot
Themes
- businessman
- summer
- young love
- former flame
Cast & crew
Richard Egan
as Ken Jorgenson
Dorothy McGuire
as Sylvia Hunter
Sandra Dee
as Molly Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy
as Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue
as Johnny Hunter
Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
Constance Ford
as Helen Jorgenson
Jack Richardson
as Claude Andrews
- ME
Martin Eric
as Todd Harper, Handyman at Pine Island Inn
Eleanor Audley
as Waiting Guest at Molly's College (uncredited)
Directed by Delmer Daves