Overview:
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.| Status: | Released (1968-08-09) |
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| Awards: | 1 win total |
| Screen: | Eleanor Perry, John Cheever |
| Productions: | Horizon Pictures, Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 13784: Burt Lancaster - Ned Merrill
- 44882: Janet Landgard - Julie Ann Hooper
- 20604: Janice Rule - Shirley Abbott
- 148668: Tony Bickley - Donald Westerhazy
- 148669: Marge Champion - Peggy Forsburgh
- 1072009: Nancy Cushman - Mrs. Halloran
- 171125: Bill Fiore - Howie Hunsacker
Crews
- 113799: Frank Perry - Director - Directing
- 3347595: Enrico A. Cortese - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 44546: Joseph Manduke - Executive In Charge Of Production - Production
- 3316220: Felix Trimboli - Second Unit Director of Photography - Camera
- 5262: Carl Lerner - Editor - Editing
- 2014671: Pat Somerset - Editor - Editing
- 109237: David L. Quaid - Director of Photography - Camera
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Review text:
"Ned" (Burt Lancaster) has been away for a while so his neighbours are a bit surprised to see him, clad only in his trunks, swimming in their pool. After some chat with them, he discovers that barring the odd bit of terrain to cross, he can pretty much swim his way home through the p ....
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**_Offbeat parable of self-discovery on the collapse of the “American dream”_** A somewhat confused man in swimming trunks (Burt Lancaster) travels from pool to pool in suburban Connecticut on his way home. Some of the people he comes across are played by Janet Landgard, Janice Ru ....
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Burt Lancaster referred to this film as ""**'Death of a Salesman'** in swimming trunks,"" and that's not a bad characterization. You could also think of it, in many ways, as ""**'American Beauty'** in the late 1960s."" This movie came out nine years after the original **'Twilight ....
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