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For Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan), the trip back to Pine Island is bittersweet. He's married to Helen (Constance Ford), a woman he can't stand, and raising a daughter, Molly (Sandra Dee), confused about the difference between his permissiveness and his wife's frigid primness. Moreover, the residential resort holds a lot of mixed memories for Ken. He was a lifeguard there in his youth, working for the Hunter family and wooing local lass Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire). Desperate to make something of himself, Ken left his love, and she wound up marrying the bumbling son of the owners. As an adult, Bart Hunter (Arthur Kennedy) has squandered the family fortune and spends his days in a half-drunken stupor. Luckily, the couple has a conscientious son named Johnny (Troy Donahue), who wants to help as much as he can.
The reunion between the parties is problematic, especially with Helen acting extremely suspicious and the young people discovering a burning desire for each other almost instantaneously. Things come to a loggerhead when Ken and Sylvia begin an affair, a series of secret encounters that leads to the break-up of their respective families. Naturally, the teens are devastated, hoping to keep their love alive. But with the infighting and legal wrangling, feelings get deeply hurt. Even a new marriage can't mend the damage. As they struggle to stay together, Molly and Johnny long for "A Summer Place", somewhere they can go and be happy—and alone.
Directed by Delmer Daves / Color / 130 minutes / iPod-ready MP4 file / Includes bonus short film, "Hermit of Manana".
*** Created by OUSAA ***
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