The Swimmer

The Swimmer

1968 | 1h 35m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

A tortured man reflects on past mistakes while "swimming" home through his neighbors' pools.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Frank Perry

Sydney Pollack

CAST

Burt Lancaster

Janet Landgard

Janice Rule

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Eleanor Perry

John Cheever

Related Videos

Swimmer, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Race
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Middle-aged suburbanite Ned (Burt Lancaster), first with subjective camera, then in a footrace with what looks like a thoroughbred, traversing the Connecticut countryside in The Swimmer, 1968, from a John Cheever story.
Swimmer, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Here And There
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Opening scene, Ned (Burt Lancaster) appears in the backyard pool of Don (Tony Bickley) and Helen (Diana Van Der Vils), joined later by Stu (Richard McMurray) and Peggy (Marge Champion), in The Swimmer, 1968.
Swimmer, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Gorgeous Pool
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Now committed to the idea of "swimming home," Ned (Burt Lancaster) sneaks up on Betty (Kim Hunter), later joined by her husband Howard (Charles Drake), in The Swimmer, 1968, from a John Cheever story.
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Swimmer, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A tortured man reflects on past mistakes while "swimming" home through his neighbors' pools in The Swimmer (1968) starring Burt Lancaster.

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