A Summer Place
The Inn... The Guests... The Sensations...
Directed by Delmer Daves
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
A mid-century romantic drama exploring desire and consequence across two generations, set against a summer backdrop of rekindled passion and youthful transgression.
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Essence
Ensemble
Richard Egan
Ken Jorgenson
Dorothy McGuire
Sylvia Hunter
Sandra Dee
Molly Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy
Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue
Johnny Hunter
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
Constance Ford
Helen Jorgenson
Jack Richardson
Claude Andrews
Martin Eric
Todd Harper, Handyman at Pine Island Inn
Eleanor Audley
Waiting Guest at Molly's College (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Dr. Matthias (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Sheriff (uncredited)
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