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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)

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Film details

Featuring

Ernest Borgnine Anne Baxter John Mills
Country

USA
Year

1959
Genres

Comedy Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Summer of the 17th Doll Alternative
Season of Passion Alternative

Synopsis

As they have done every summer for years past, two cane-cutters come down for a good time in Sydney with the girls. But this year everything seems to go wrong and they are forced to realise they are no longer young and must prepare for a different way of life in the future.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Roo
    
    Ernest Borgnine
  - Olive
    
    Anne Baxter
  - Barney
    
    John Mills
  - Pearl
    
    Angela Lansbury
  - Dowd
    
    Vincent Ball
  - Emma
    
    Ethel Gabriel
  - Bubba
    
    Janette Craig
  - Spruiker
    
    Deryck Barnes
  - The Atomic Bomber
    
    Tom Lurich
  - Cane-cutter
    
    Al Thomas
  - Little Girl
    
    Dana Wilson
  - Nancy
    
    Jessica Noad
  - Cane cutter
    
    Frank Wilson
  - []
    
    George Roubicek
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Leslie Norman
  - Production Company
    
    Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
  - Producer
    
    Leslie Norman
  - Associate Producer
    
    Cecil F. Ford
  - Unit manager
    
    Ron Whelan
  - Screenplay
    
    John Dighton
  - Original play
    
    Ray Lawler
  - Director of Photography
    
    Paul Beeson
  - Editor
    
    Gordon Hales
  - Art Director
    
    Jim Morahan
  - Music
    
    Benjamin Frankel
  - Sound
    
    Alan Allen
  - Sound Editor
    
    Peter Thornton

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