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Release Date:
3 March 1958 (Sweden)
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Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbor...
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Stepfather
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Scandal
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Village
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High School
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Principal
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Awards:
Nominated for 9 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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6 nominations
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Peyton Place – Part Two DVD Set – Win Your Copy Here
(From AreYouScreening. 3 September 2009, 10:52 AM, PDT)
Hitchcock Screenwriter John Michael Hayes Dead At Age 89
(From CinemaRetro. 26 November 2008, 2:23 PM, PST)
(From AreYouScreening. 3 September 2009, 10:52 AM, PDT)
Hitchcock Screenwriter John Michael Hayes Dead At Age 89
(From CinemaRetro. 26 November 2008, 2:23 PM, PST)
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Beautiful accomplishment
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lana Turner | ... | Constance MacKenzie |
 | Lee Philips | ... | Michael Rossi |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Dr. Swain |
| Arthur Kennedy | ... | Lucas Cross |
| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Norman Page |
| Terry Moore | ... | Betty Anderson |
 | Hope Lange | ... | Selena Cross |
| Diane Varsi | ... | Allison MacKenzie |
| David Nelson | ... | Ted Carter |
| Barry Coe | ... | Rodney Harrington |
| Betty Field | ... | Nellie Cross |
| Mildred Dunnock | ... | Miss Elsie Thornton |
| Leon Ames | ... | Mr. Harrington |
| Lorne Greene | ... | Prosecutor |
| Robert H. Harris | ... | Seth Bushwell |
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157 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Canada:14A (video rating) |
USA:Approved (certificate #18628) |
Germany:12 (DVD rating) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Spain:T |
UK:15
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The real life murder of star Lana Turner's mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato by Turner's daughter was later fictionalized in the movie Where Love Has Gone (1964), also scripted by "Peyton Place" writer John Michael Hayes.
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Errors in geography: In an exterior towards the end of the film, a sign can be seen advertising the Camden Maine Rexall Drug Store which doubled for Peyton Place.
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Mrs. Thornton:
A person doesn't always get what she deserves. Remember it. If there's anything in life you want, go and get it. Don't wait for anybody to give it to you.
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Referenced in "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: (#2.19)" (1969)
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Auld Lang Syne
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Exceptional, affecting melodrama about small-town life in America. The story is at times a bit tawdry, but it is always intelligent, complex and it is populated with many memorable and realistic characters. They're people to care about. Better yet, the actors portraying them are mostly brilliant. I had some problems with Arthur Kennedy's performance; it's too over-the-top, and not up to the same level of maturity as many of the others. I also thought Lee Philips was weak in a key role. But Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Russ Tamblyn, Terry Moore, Barry Coe, Mildred Dunnock, Lloyd Nolan, Leon Ames, and Hope Lange give enormously sensitive performances that will live with me for a long time. Especially Ms. Lange, who is just heartbreaking as a young woman who is sexually abused by her alcoholic stepfather (Arthur Kennedy). The story is frank (1950s frank) and intelligent about sex and the way that small towns treat it. I would surely credit director Robson with keeping this film, which could easily have been a disaster, flowing like a gentle stream. It's a rarity that a Hollywood film like this could be so insightful about small-town life. It does have one big narrative problem, and that is that its climax is a trial. It's not often that a climactic trial works well, and there is no exception for Peyton Place. It seems fake, and the lawyers and defendants don't present evidence in an at all believable fashion. And then there's this cringe-inducing third-act speech. It belongs in a lesser film. 9/10.