Directed by:
Paul BogartScreenplay:
Herman RaucherCinematography:
Andrew LaszloComposer:
David ShireCast:
Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Deborah Winters, William Atherton, Sam Bottoms, John Candy, John Kerr, Murray Westgate, Marian Waldman, Ed McNamara, Robert Goodier (more)Plots(1)
The "terrible trio" of Summer of '42 has graduated high school. Now the real learning begins. Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser and Oliver Conant return in writer Herman Raucher's continued tale of coming of age in World War II's shadow. For Benjy (Conant), 1944 is a time to serve his country. Hermie (Grimes) and Oscy (Houser) want to enlist but they also serve who stand and study! At their parents' insistence, they enroll at an eastern university. There, Oscy asserts his priorities: football - and a curvaceous 32-year-old pass receiver of another kind. Hermie falls for an aspiring journalist (Deborah Winters), a romance that forms the movie's central story. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gary Grimes
USA
Best movies:
Summer of '42 (1971)
The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
The Spikes Gang (1974)
Jerry Houser
USA
Best movies:
Aladdin (1992)
The Fourth Wise Man (1985) (TV movie)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Deborah Winters
USA
Best movies:
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Kotch (1971)
William Atherton
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Sam Bottoms
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Seabiscuit (2003)
John Candy
Canada
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
JFK (1991)
Cool Runnings (1993)
John Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Murray Westgate
Canada
Best movies:
Sunday in the Country (1974)
Running (1979)
Jig-Saw (1978)
Marian Waldman
Canada
Best movies:
Deranged (1974)
Black Christmas (1974)
When Michael Calls (1972) (TV movie)
Ed McNamara
Best movies:
The Black Stallion (1979)
Iron Man (1966) (series)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Robert Goodier
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Power Play (1978)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Jim Henshaw
Canada
Best movies:
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
The Last Detail (1973)
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
Mary Long
Best movies:
My Name Is Tanino (2002)
12 Dates of Christmas (2011) (TV movie)
Very, Very Valentine (2018) (TV movie)