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Peyton Place

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Peyton Place
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NR,2hrs 37min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Released:
December 13, 1957
Director:
Mark Robson
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Philips  ...more
Synopsis: Grace Metalious' once-notorious bestseller Peyton Place is given a lavish -- and necessarily toned-down -- film treatment in this deluxe 20th Century-Fox production. Set during WWII, the film concentrates on several denizens of the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place. Top-billed Lana Turner plays shopkeeper Constance McKenzie, who tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison (Diane Varsi) -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
The controversial, massively popular Peyton Place is a melodramatic soap opera of Herculean proportions. The filmmakers attempt to cram every gossipy degradation possible into the 157-minute running length, and, though the end results are actually less explicit than Grace Metalious' source novel, the film still caused quite a stir at the time. Peyton Place exposed the post-war cynicism that lurked ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Lana Turner
Constance MacKenzie
Hope Lange
Selena Cross
Lee Philips
Michael Rossi
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. Matthew Swain
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