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The Swimmer
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Overview

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7.6/10   2,254 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Cheever (story)
Eleanor Perry (writer)
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Release Date:
15 May 1968 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The famed John Cheever short story appeared in the New Yorker and people talked. Now there will be talk again. When you sense this man's vibrations and share his colossal hang-up . . . will you see someone you know, or love? When you feel the body-blow power of his broken dreams, will it reach you deep inside, where it hurts? When you talk about "The Swimmer" will you talk about yourself? more
Plot:
Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friends pool. As they talk, someone... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Lancaster ... Ned Merrill
Janet Landgard ... Julie Ann Hooper
Janice Rule ... Shirley Abbott
Tony Bickley ... Donald Westerhazy
Marge Champion ... Peggy Forsburgh
Nancy Cushman ... Mrs. Halloran (Nudist)
Bill Fiore ... Howie Hunsacker
David Garfield ... Ticket Seller (as John Garfield Jr.)

Kim Hunter ... Betty Graham
Rose Gregorio ... Sylvia Finney
Charles Drake ... Howard Graham
Bernie Hamilton ... Halloran's Chauffeur
House Jameson ... Mr. Chester Halloran (Nudist)
Jimmy Joyce ... Jack Finney
Michael Kearney ... Kevin Gilmartin Jr.
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:Approved | USA:PG (re-rating) (1968)
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Trivia:
Filmed in the summer of 1966 but not released until 1968. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Julie's hair goes from brushed to windblown and back again several times in the same sequence. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Donald Westerhazy: Where have you been keeping yourself?
Ned Merrill: Oh, here and there. Here and there.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Undercover X (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Send for Me in Summer more

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17 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely unique, 12 October 1999
10/10
Author: Rick41 from West Chester, Pa

This movie is not for everyone, but everyone I know who's seen it admits that it's one-of-a-kind. Burt Lancaster is flat-out powerful in the lead, as the man who decides one day to swim his way through his neighbors' pools to his home. As he makes his way pool by pool we learn more and more about Burt's real character. A kaleidoscopic study of how we see ourselves, versus how others see us. One of my favorites, please give this movie a shot.

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