Summer of '42

1971 PG-13 1h 43m

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Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

Director Robert Mulligan

Writers

Herman Raucher

Stars

Jennifer O'Neill Gary Grimes Jerry Houser

Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)

Maureen Stapleton

Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Mulligan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Comedy Drama Romance

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Wuchak 21 May 2018

8/10

**_Sex-obsessed boys on Nantucket in 1942_** RELEASED IN 1971 and directed by Robert Mulligan, "Summer of '42” is the biographical drama of Herman “Hermie” Raucher (Gary Grimes) coming of age at 15 during the titular season & year on Nantucket Island. He and his two pals, Oscy and Benji, hang out on the island learning about sex and chasing girls. Meanwhile, Hermie is an awe of a 21 year-old w...