The Young Lovers (1964)

The young art student Eddie wants to live a life without troubles or responsibilities. He meets Pam and they fall in love. But happy-go-lucky Eddie declares that he won't marry her. Soon ... See full summary »

Director:

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Writers:

George Garrett, Julian Zimet (novel)

Stars:

Peter Fonda, Sharon Hugueny, Nick Adams

Cast

Credited cast:
Peter Fonda	...	Eddie Slocum
Sharon Hugueny	...	Pam Burns
Nick Adams	...	Tarragoo
Deborah Walley	...	Debbie
Beatrice Straight	...	Mrs. Burns
Malachi Throne	...	Prof. Schwartz
Joseph Campanella	...	Prof. Reese
Nancy Rennick	...	Mary Reese
Kent Smith	...	Dr. Shoemaker
Jennifer Billingsley	...	Karen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Titus Moede

Storyline

The young art student Eddie wants to live a life without troubles or responsibilities. He meets Pam and they fall in love. But happy-go-lucky Eddie declares that he won't marry her. Soon Pam is pregnant, and Eddie must face up to the problem...

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Plot Keywords:

love | campus | mother daughter relationship | young love | virginity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 1965 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Die Saat der Liebe

Filming Locations:

UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Tigertail Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Final US studio film of Nick Adams.

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Goofs

The stalled automobile coasts out of control with a completely flat rear tire, and then ends up in a lake with the same tire now properly inflated.

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Connections

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

User Reviews

Curious, downbeat youth melodrama

Thin script from Julian Haley's novel about a college senior who struggles to stay with the curriculum after falling in love with an attractive co-ed. Peter Fonda, pre-"Easy Rider", amusingly enters the film on a motorbike, but never manages to find an appropriate acting style and seems distinctly miscast; either he's smiling too much or talking too slowly, his heavy-lidded eyes fixated on the ground. It's a bad match between actor and material, however Nick Adams is very enjoyable as a goof-off who gets drafted. Sharon Hugueny is a rather bland beauty, and all the adult characters are stereotypically rigid and humorless, but the film's cinematography (by Joe Biroc and Ellsworth Fredericks) is beautifully expressive. Overall, a fairly rote youth flick, but one with a curiously downbeat, foreboding tone. ** from ****