The Swimmer
Summary:
John Cheever's "misery in suburbia" short stories, brief and to the point, have always proven excellent TV fodder. Director Frank Perry's The Swimmer, adapted for the screen by Perry's wife Eleanor, is a rare, and for the most part successful, attempt at offering a Cheever story in feature-length form. Dressed only in swimming trunks throughout the film, Burt Lancaster pla... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Burt Lancaster - (Ned)
Janet Landgard - (Julie)
Janice Rule - (Shirley)
Diana Van Der Vlis - (Westerhazy)
Tony Bickley - (Westerhazy)
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Review:
Burt Lancaster's imposing screen presence and lanky confidence were put to good use in this 1968 adaptation of John Cheever's allegorical short story. Lancaster plays Ned Merrill, a middle-aged man who decides one morning to swim every pool in his upper-class Connecticut neighborhood; with each new venue and its corresponding set of neigh... Continue >>
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