Summer of '42

Summer of '42

1971 | 1h 42m | Drama, Romance | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

During WWII, 15-year-old Hermie and his friends spend the summer chasing girls. Hermie befriends 22-year-old Dorothy, whose husband is overseas. When she learns her husband has been killed, grief draws her to Hermie.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Mulligan

CAST

Jennifer O'Neill

Gary Grimes

Jerry Houser

Oliver Conant

Katherine Allentuck

PRODUCERS

Richard Roth

WRITERS

Herman Raucher

Host Intros

02:10
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Summer Of '42 (1971)
Intro Aired: Mar 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Summer Of 42, 1971.
01:33
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- Summer Of '42 (1971)
Intro Aired: Sep 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Summer Of 42, 1971.
01:41
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Summer Of '42 (1971)
Intro Aired: Feb 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Summer Of 42, 1971.
02:12
Robert Osborne Intro -- Summer Of '42 (1971)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Robert Osborne introduces Summer Of 42, 1971.

Related Videos

Summer of '42 -- (Movie Clip) I Can Go Further
Clip
Hermie (Gary Grimes) lucks out, finding war-wife Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill) needing an assist at the grocery, summering in a Long Island beach town, in director Robert Mulligan's Summer Of '42, 1971.
Summer of '42 -- (Movie Clip) When I Was Fifteen
Clip
Much nostalgia with narration by director Robert Mulligan, introducing Hermie (Gary Grimes), Oscy (Jerry Houser), Benjie (Oliver Conant) and distant Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill), in Summer Of '42, 1971.

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