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.
Directed by Robert Mulligan
island
beach
sexual frustration
age difference
obsession
world war ii
sand
coming of age
summer vacation
beach house
first love
older woman younger man relationship
sexual awakening
1940s
summer cottage
soldier's wife
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3.5 / 5
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Cast
Jennifer O'Neill
Dorothy
Gary Grimes
Hermie
Jerry Houser
Oscy
Oliver Conant
Benjie
Katherine Allentuck
Aggie
Christopher Norris
Miriam
Lou Frizzell
Druggist
Maureen Stapleton
Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Mulligan
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
brunettegsundae
7.0★ · 02/16/26
I was never to see her again. Nor was I ever to learn what became of her. We were different then. Kids were different. It took us longer to understand the things we felt. Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind. In the summer of '42, we raided the Coast Guard station four times, we saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica, and in a very special way, I lost Hermie forever.
Oh, those wild and free summers. Hermie is so relatable for people who are more melancholic in the way they discover themselves and the world around them. He feels like a cold wind on a hot summer day Nostalgia really hurts, but if we remember our past with joy, how lucky we are to have such a wonderful and fascinating one
I was never to see her again. Nor was I ever to learn what became of her. We were different then. Kids were different. It took us longer to understand the things we felt. Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind. In the summer of '42, we raided the Coast Guard station four times, we saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica, and in a very special way, I lost Hermie forever.
Oh, those wild and free summers. Hermie is so relatable for people who are more melancholic in the way they discover themselves and the world around them. He feels like a cold wind on a hot summer day Nostalgia really hurts, but if we remember our past with joy, how lucky we are to have such a wonderful and fascinating one
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vcPRO
7.0★ · 02/26/24
Og call me by your name
Og call me by your name
Oli Dauberman
10.0★ · 02/04/24
Okay so I guess the double features theme was coming of age comedy-ish flicks with depressing endings? This was devastating!
Okay so I guess the double features theme was coming of age comedy-ish flicks with depressing endings? This was devastating!
