
Summer Magic
1963 · Movie · G · 110 min · ★ 6.7 · 71% critics
Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up
Based on Mother Carey's Chickens
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Details
- Years
- 1963
- Release date
- 1963-07-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (52 votes)
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- widow
- musical
- maine
Cast & crew

Hayley Mills
as Nancy Carey

Burl Ives
as Osh Popham

Dorothy McGuire
as Mrs. Margaret Carey

Deborah Walley
as Julia Carey

Una Merkel
as Mariah Popham

Eddie Hodges
as Gilly Carey

Michael J. Pollard
as Digby Popham

Peter Brown
as Tom Hamilton

James Stacy
as Charles Bryant

James Mathers
as Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)
Directed by James Neilson