The Gypsy Moths (1969)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three barnstorming skydivers arrive in a small Midwestern town. Their freewheeling lifestyle clashes with the settled values of the local people. The story follows the skydivers and their impact on the community.

restlessintrospectivetensemelancholicslow-burnatmosphericcontemplativegritty

What happens

The Gypsy Moths is a 1969 American drama film, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by James Drought and directed by John Frankenheimer. The film tells the story of three barnstorming skydivers and their effect on a Midwestern American town, focusing on the differences in values between the town folk and the hard-living skydivers. The Gypsy Moths stars Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. The film also features Gene Hackman, and Bonnie Bedelia in her first film role. Kerr had worked previously with Lancaster in From Here to Eternity (1953) and Separate Tables (1958). The film had the only nude love scene in her film career. Elmer Bernstein composed the score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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