Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Directed by

José Ferrer

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer returns to her small hometown after publishing a novel that exposes the town's secrets. Her friends and family react with anger and betrayal.

bitterscandalousmoralizingmelodramaticpersonal conflictresentfulsoapydated

What happens

Return to Peyton Place is a 1961 American drama film in color by De Luxe and CinemaScope, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by José Ferrer, and starring Carol Lynley, Tuesday Weld, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor, and Robert Sterling. The screenplay by Ronald Alexander is based on the 1959 novel Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and is a sequel to their earlier film Peyton Place (1957). The film's storyline centers on the life and loves of bestselling author Allison MacKenzie. She has followed in the footsteps of her mother Constance by having an affair with a married man, her publisher Lewis Jackman (Chandler). She goes on to publish a tell-all novel that fictionalizes the scandal, homicide, suicide, incest, and moral hypocrisy that belies the tranquil façade of her hometown. She is quickly criticized by friends, family, and neighbors as a result. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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