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7.2/10
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A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
- Nominated for 9 Oscars
- 2 wins & 17 nominations total
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- TriviaImmediately after the graduation sequence, there is a quick scene showing Allison MacKenzie (Diane Varsi) at a typewriter. She is in the same pose that showed author Grace Metalious on the back of the paperback. The detail is exact, right down to the position of her body and clothing.
- GoofsAll of the women's hair styles and clothing are strictly 1957, not 1941.
- Quotes
Mr. Harrington: This job starts at 3,000 a year.
Michael Rossi: Then we're all wasting our time. That's only $5 a week more than I was making as a teacher, Mr. Harrington
Mr. Harrington: But this offers you security -- a long term contract.
Michael Rossi: Guaranteed poverty is not security.
- Alternate versions(Spoiler) Originally premiered at 162 minutes. Cut by 5 minutes, shortly after premiere, reputedly in the scene involving the murder of Arthur Kennedy's character.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
- SoundtracksWonderful Season of Love (Theme from Peyton Place)
(uncredited)
Music by Franz Waxman
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
[Sung by chorus over closing credits]
Featured review
Beautiful accomplishment
Exceptional, affecting melodrama about small-town life in America. The story is at times a bit tawdry, but it is always intelligent, complex and it is populated with many memorable and realistic characters. They're people to care about. Better yet, the actors portraying them are mostly brilliant. I had some problems with Arthur Kennedy's performance; it's too over-the-top, and not up to the same level of maturity as many of the others. I also thought Lee Philips was weak in a key role. But Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Russ Tamblyn, Terry Moore, Barry Coe, Mildred Dunnock, Lloyd Nolan, Leon Ames, and Hope Lange give enormously sensitive performances that will live with me for a long time. Especially Ms. Lange, who is just heartbreaking as a young woman who is sexually abused by her alcoholic stepfather (Arthur Kennedy). The story is frank (1950s frank) and intelligent about sex and the way that small towns treat it. I would surely credit director Robson with keeping this film, which could easily have been a disaster, flowing like a gentle stream. It's a rarity that a Hollywood film like this could be so insightful about small-town life. It does have one big narrative problem, and that is that its climax is a trial. It's not often that a climactic trial works well, and there is no exception for Peyton Place. It seems fake, and the lawyers and defendants don't present evidence in an at all believable fashion. And then there's this cringe-inducing third-act speech. It belongs in a lesser film. 9/10.
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- Oct 26, 2003
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- Jerry Wald's Production of Peyton Place
- Filming locations
- Camden, Maine, USA(Exterior)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $25,600,000
- Runtime2 hours 37 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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