Summer of '42
“In everyone's life there's a...”
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.
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2 films
Cast
10 people
Jennifer O'Neill
Dorothy
Known for
Scanners
The Psychic
Gary Grimes
Hermie
Known for
Cahill: United States Marshal
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Jerry Houser
Oscy
Known for
Slap Shot
Magic
Oliver Conant
Benjie
Katherine Allentuck
Aggie
Also in
Waking the Wild Colonial
Christopher Norris
Miriam
Also in
Santa Barbara
Trapper John, M.D.
Lou Frizzell
Druggist
Known for
Duel
The Other
Walter Scott
Dorothy's Husband (uncredited)
Known for
Masters of the Universe
Thief
Maureen Stapleton
Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Known for
The Money Pit
Cocoon
Robert Mulligan
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Also in
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robert Mulligan Director · Herman Raucher Writer Michel Legrand Composer
Worldwide gross $32M · Budget $1M · United States release April 19, 1971
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$32,063,634
Gross vs. budget
32.1×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 18, 1971
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · April 19, 1971
Theatrical
Brazil
April 26, 1971 · Theatrical · IMDB
January 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
France
June 16, 1971 · Theatrical
Japan
August 7, 1971 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 14, 1971 · Theatrical
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