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Class of '44 (1973)

Class of '44 poster
Directed by
Paul Bogart
Genre
comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man navigates his first year of college and a new romance while the shadow of World War II looms. The story follows his friendships and everyday experiences as a coming-of-age tale.

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What happens

Class of '44 is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. Directed by Paul Bogart, it is structured as a sequel to the 1971 film Summer of '42 which recounted the events in the earlier portion of Raucher's memoirs. The film is a slice-of-life style autobiography of sorts, depicting Herman Raucher's (Gary Grimes) first year in college, where he falls in love with Julie (Deborah Winters) under the shadow of the growing threat of World War II. Jerry Houser and Oliver Conant reprise their roles as Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer and Benjy, the two other members of Raucher's circle of friends, "The Terrible Trio," but Conant only briefly appears at the beginning of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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