Summer of '42 (1971)

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill
as Dorothy
Paul Henreid
as Jerry Durrance
Maureen Stapleton
as Hermie's Mother
Jerry Houser
as Oscy

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Genres & Description

Comedy Drama Romance

7.3 / 10

Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her.

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Dallas Bagley

Theres some masterful moments in this film. I literally just finished watching it now for the first time, and holy shit was it GOOD! For those who enjoyed this, I recommend a film titled, "Somewhere in Time". - @Thursday, November 15, 2018 11:06 AM

Bali Praia TV

cool! - @Monday, October 1, 2018 7:40 AM

Joshua Kirschenbaum

the shining - @Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:51 AM

Dee S

great movie i saw it inside of a movie once! - @Sunday, March 26, 2017 7:22 PM

Reese Charles

We are living in the worst time period possible and it's only going to get worse everyone enjoy it while you can. I would do anything to have a summer like this in the 70s - @Tuesday, July 26, 2016 6:53 AM

SUGAR XYLER

there is a Class of 44 that follows this film, same cast - @Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:29 AM

ajaugenti

Why does it show Rated R at the end? It was supposed to be an Rated PG film, it says it on TCM btw?! Please solve the mystery for me! :/ - @Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:51 PM

vccstudents

Jennifer O'Neill is everything J. LO wishes she could be! - @Sunday, December 20, 2015 4:04 AM

movie534

I remember my father, a movie projectionist, running this in 1972 with a co-feature "Klute" - @Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:22 AM

Corporal Killjoy

i've seen this twice: as a teenager, and later as an adult. at both times, i felt the story was not that good. i think the music was just better than the film itself - @Wednesday, August 19, 2015 5:49 PM

EXOFERIO VENERANDO CLAVERIA

A coming of age movie very poignantly memorable to me who was at my teens when first I saw the film. - @Sunday, June 14, 2015 2:22 PM

ludoctavia

I saw this film when I was 16 and loved it...so very sad. - @Monday, December 15, 2014 6:46 PM

richard murphy

Great American Movie - @Monday, June 9, 2014 9:51 PM

Caswell39A

Make this today and there'd be outcry for jealous cold housewives demanding the Dorothy older woman be arrested. (Then again, we won't see this movie made today - there are no hobbits, dragon, storm-troppers or spidermen. Movies of the early 70's were made for adults - not children.) - @Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:07 PM

David Forrester

I saw Summer of '42 in the summer of '71 when it came out. I was 17, and it completely haunted me. It still does, when I watch a clip or hear the theme song! Jennifer O'neill will forever have a special place in my heart, and I used to wish so badly that I could have been Hermie. Unbelievable movie! - @Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:38 PM

Jenn P

I'd heard the song with that name so many times but never knew it was from a movie. Seems like a really sweet film, I've definitely got to watch it. :) - @Thursday, January 9, 2014 4:56 AM

JimJimothy

I'm 23 and I'm still waiting to have my summer of '42. - @Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:57 PM

Eastwood Unforgiven

Some funny scenes in this movie, like when he's in the theater groping a girls arm for 11 minutes thinking its her breasts - @Friday, September 6, 2013 2:34 AM

CatLady 2.0

hahah the narrator is the splendor in the grass dude too - @Thursday, August 1, 2013 4:37 PM

Panama Boy

family guy - @Saturday, July 20, 2013 3:26 AM

Ann Xiety

Mom? Yes Danny? Can I get my firetruck? - @Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:25 AM

plutoplatters

somebodies been influenced by porn !!!!!! - @Friday, March 8, 2013 3:40 AM

faridjabba

WOW SHE HOT - @Thursday, November 22, 2012 4:12 AM

jimmyleg5

Was she the cyborg? I didn't know that. - @Friday, October 19, 2012 5:25 AM

jimmyleg5

The cyborg battle was the best part of this movie. - @Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:27 AM

Brett Wilson

I loved this film so much. Highly recommended - @Monday, August 6, 2012 10:26 AM

Jim Fulton

me neither! - @Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:04 PM

June Lynn

the movie was good but the book was so much better....I still have my paperback from years ago - @Tuesday, June 12, 2012 6:53 AM

Nemo

the beginning of MILF power movies - @Friday, May 18, 2012 12:21 PM

motownredux

If there's ever been a movie that needs to be re-released on DVD or Blu Ray, then it's "The Summer Of '42" - @Sunday, April 15, 2012 12:58 PM

Smile892011

The film is so good that I even get goosebumps by watching this trailer. :3 - @Friday, March 30, 2012 11:15 AM

Jeff Walsh

This is another favorite movie of mine, filmed in the town of Mendocino, Calif. in 1971. I have lived there over 36 years. - @Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:28 AM

Dorian Grey

Jennifer O'Neill was so gorgeous and mesmerizing. Is that Richard Burton narrating? - @Sunday, December 4, 2011 1:55 PM

SunnyDays951

I saw this movie in the midst of puberty. And I will NEVER forget the effect it had on me. - @Tuesday, November 1, 2011 11:14 PM

Trooper Tyler

I thought this was a really good story of days long gone and i could probably just sit through and watch the movie with only the music on and still know what's going on - @Monday, October 17, 2011 2:04 AM

pzkphw

This movie was very memorable to me 20 years ago, but I worry I will destroy the magic watching it again. - @Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:41 PM

beyoncetyratina

This is the most wonderful movie I've ever seen. It was too wonderful and I enjoyed it so much. I actually read the book and thought the book was very well written also... When I watched this on TCM, I wanted to watch it all over again. - @Sunday, July 10, 2011 4:37 AM

Alex409

When I first saw this movie on Tcm I was interested and I was just mesmerizes by this movie and it blow me away. It's a wall done. - @Friday, July 8, 2011 12:27 AM

2degucitas

For me it was the summer of 1979. - @Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:21 PM

Tony McLean

VOTE QUIMBY! - @Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:48 PM

mrbriscoe2001

how depressing we've gone from Summer of 42 to "American Pie"........i loved the fact that the final Love scene had no words..just the sound of the wind and the ocean...the sound of eternity.... - @Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:43 PM

MuseFanUprising

I was -20 years old when this movie came out,I wish I lived those days :) - @Friday, February 25, 2011 5:31 PM

MrExchangeLots

@KellyGreen5555 I don't agree with your comment that the voice over and trailer were terrible. You have to remember that this was done at a different era so back then, it sounded and looked a la mode. - @Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:04 PM

carolily531

@Trebuchet1066 I was v18 too and madly in love. - @Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:32 AM

carolily531

@Trebuchet1066 I was 18 too and madly in love - @Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:29 AM

ftsjr

It reminds me of a very happy time in my own life (the early 70s). I was 15 when this was released and, although I didn't have an experience like Hermie's, I could easily put myself into his position. That is, being attracted to an older woman, while you're still pretty much too young to do anything about it. Jennifer O'Neill was an extraordinarily beautiful woman. - @Wednesday, December 29, 2010 3:08 AM

KellyGreen5555

Terrible voice over & trailer. - @Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:15 PM

Trebuchet1066

It was one of the funniest, one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. I am so lucky to have a copy of the book. The 1st time I saw it I was 18 (1971) & I loved how Raucher wrote about Dorothy.....thanks for posting this..... - @Thursday, September 30, 2010 3:04 AM

eldorado303

@RyuichixCMZ very good i might say - @Monday, August 16, 2010 11:04 PM