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Peyton Place (film)

Peyton Place
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Directed by Mark Robson
Produced by Jerry Wald
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes
Based on Peyton Place
1956 novel
by Grace Metalious
Starring Lana Turner
Hope Lange
Lee Philips
Lloyd Nolan
Diane Varsi
Arthur Kennedy
Russ Tamblyn
Terry Moore
Music by Franz Waxman
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Edited by David Bretherton
Production
company
Jerry Wald Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 13, 1957 (1957-12-13)
Running time
162 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2.2 million or $1.8 million
Box office $25.6 million

Peyton Place is a 1957 American drama film in color by De Luxe and CinemaScope from 20th Century Fox, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Mark Robson, that stars Lana Turner and Hope Lange. In co-starring and supporting roles are Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Diane Varsi, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, and Terry Moore. The film is based on the bestselling 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious.

Peyton Place is an exposé of the residents of a small fictional New England mill town in the years surrounding World War II, where scandal, homicide, suicide, incest, and moral hypocrisy hide behind a tranquil façade.

In April 1941, in the seemingly idyllic New England town of Peyton Place, drunkard Lucas Cross (Arthur Kennedy) stumbles out of his house as his step-son - fed up with Lucas' alcoholism - leaves town. Lucas's downtrodden wife, Nellie (Betty Field) goes to work as the housekeeper for Constance "Connie" MacKenzie (Lana Turner), a rather prim-acting local dress shop owner. The daughters of the two families, Allison MacKenzie (Diane Varsi) and Selena Cross (Hope Lange) are best friends and are about to graduate high school.


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