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Last Summer (1969)

Director: Frank Perry

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From Time Out Film Guide

One of those winsome, nostalgic beach movies (this one has a wounded seagull). Four gawky teenagers spend the summer on Long Island, learning the usual, bittersweet rites-of-passage lessons about life, love and loyalty. Director Perry was renowned for the way he probed human relationships. He's helped here by an insightful script adapted by his wife Eleanor Perry from a novel by Evan Hunter. The acting is also a cut above the average: Cathy Burns, who's since disappeared without trace, was Oscar-nominated for her depiction of a troubled adolescent.

Author: GM

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Cast & crew

Director: Frank Perry

Producer: Alfred Crown, Sidney Beckerman

Cast: Richard Thomas, Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison, Cathy Burns, Ralph Waite, Ernesto Gonzalez, Conrad Bain full cast

Genre(s): Horror

Duration: 97 mins


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