Peyton Place is a 1957 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Diane Varsi, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, and Terry Moore. It is based on the bestselling 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious. The film was a major box-office success and was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards.
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Peyton Place is a 1957 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Diane Varsi, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, and Terry Moore. It is based on the bestselling 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious. The film was a major box-office success and was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards, including Best Director for Robson, Best Actress for Turner, and Best Supporting Actress for Lange. It follows numerous residents of a small fictional New England mill town in the years surrounding World War II, where scandal, homicide, suicide, incest, and moral hypocrisy belie its tranquil façade. In the New England town of Peyton Place, drunkard Lucas Cross stumbles out of his house, just as his stepson Paul, fed up with his alcoholism, leaves town. The daughters of both families, Allison MacKenzie and Selena Cross, are best friends and will soon graduate high school. In a fit of anger, Connie admits that Allison was an illegitimate child, as Connie was her father’s mistress. After Selena is raped by Lucas and becomes pregnant, she confesses to Dr.
Matthew Swain, the town’s leading physicians for an abortion. Lucas is forced to promise to leave town after signing a confession, all of which Nellie secretly witnesses. Lucas returns from the Navy and tries to rape Selena again, but this time she bludgeons him to death in self-defense. Connie confesses that she was a married man’s mistress, saying that his earlier marriage to her is still open to her. A drunken Lucas returns to kill Selena and tearfully confesses his murder to Connie. After Connie’s confession, Selena’s father offers to take care of his daughter and she takes him up on his offer. In 1942, during Christmas of 1942, Connie visits Lucas to apologize to him for being dismissive to him, and he decides to stay in Peyton Place. During Easter of 1943, Connie tearfully confessiones to her husband to her daughter, saying she was still open for her marriage to him. In 1944, Allison and Norman go skinny dipping and go swimming in proper suits. At the Labor Day parade, Rodney and Betty reunite and go skinny-diving; nearby, Allison, Norman, and Betty elope for New York City.
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