Class of '44

Class of '44

1973 | 1h 35m | Drama, Romance | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

In this follow-up to Summer of '42, Hermie and his pals graduate from high school and face the WWII military...or college. Hermie opts for campus life with its fraternity hazing, classroom hijinks, and awkward parked-car romancing.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Paul Bogart

CAST

Gary Grimes

Jerry Houser

Oliver Conant

William Atherton

Sam Bottoms

Deborah Winters

PRODUCERS

Paul Bogart

WRITERS

Herman Raucher

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Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Pick Your Own Branch
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After the opening credits, the graduation party, pals Hermie (Gary Grimes, based on the writer Herman Raucher) and Oscy (Jerry Houser), and the rarely-seen screen debut of John Candy as Paulie, in director Paul Bogarts follow-up to Summer Of 42, Class Of 44, 1973.
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Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) An Expert On The Works Of Melville
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Shooting on location at Princeton, Freshman Hermie (Gary Grimes, loosely based on the screenwriter Herman Raucher) looks for work at the student newspaper, Jeffrey Cohen the editor, Susan Marcus his assistant, and Deborah Winters as Julie, wholl become his love interest, in the less-popular follow-up to Summer Of 42, 1971, Class Of 44, 1973.
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Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Send Me A Samurai Sword
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In an un-specified outer-borough of New York, Hermie (Gary Grimes) and Oscy (Jerry Houser), working at a loading dock in the summer before college, receive pal Benjie (Oliver Conant), who surprised everybody by enlisting in the Marines, in Class Of 44, writer Herman Rauchers kind-of sequel to the hit Summer Of 42, 1971.

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