Main Cast: Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison, Cathy Burns, Ralph Waite
Release Year: 1969
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Last Summer is a frank coming-of-age tale that refuses to prettify its young characters or their activities. A group of aimless teens get together for sex, drugs and rock-and-roll on Fire Island. Timid, overweight Rhonda (Catherine Burns) is goaded into aberrant behavior by her peers, especially the promiscuous Sandy (Barbara Hershey). Enjoying Rhonda's discomfiture, Sandy encourages the boys in the group to gang-rape the poor girl. It was this scene, the first of its kind in a general-release American picture, that earned Last Summer its initial X rating. The film was later judiciously trimmed to qualify for an R rating without blunting its dramatic impact. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Conrad Bain - Dan's Father; Bibi Andersson; Lou Gary - Town Hood; Ernesto Gonzalez - Anibal; Andrew Krance; Eileen Letchworth - Dan's Mother; Wayne Mayer - Town Hood; Maeve McGuire - Younger Woman; Ed Stevlingson - Sidney; Peter Turgeon - Mr. Caudell; Glen Walker - Boy at Dance
Credit
Peter Dohanos - Art Director, Theoni V. Aldredge - Costume Designer, Frank Perry - Director, Sidney Katz - Editor, Marion Kraft - Editor, John Simon - Composer (Music Score), Gerald Hirschfeld - Cinematographer, Sidney Beckerman - Producer, Frank Perry - Producer, Alfred W. Crown - Producer, Evan Hunter - Screenwriter, Eleanor Perry - Screenwriter, Evan Hunter - Book Author
