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The Swimmer
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
1968 · Directed by Frank Perry · 95 min · Drama · 55 frames
Tagline
When you talk about "The Swimmer" will you talk about yourself?
Crew
- Screenplay: Eleanor Perry
- Cinematography: David L. Quaid
- Edited by: Pat Somerset, Sidney Katz, Carl Lerner
- Music: Marvin Hamlisch
- Produced by: Frank Perry, Roger H. Lewis
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill
- Janet Landgard as Julie Ann Hooper
- Janice Rule as Shirley Abbott
- Tony Bickley as Donald Westerhazy
- Marge Champion as Peggy Forsburgh
- Nancy Cushman as Mrs. Halloran
- Bill Fiore as Howie Hunsacker
- Rose Gregorio as Sylvia Finney
- David Garfield as Ticket Seller
- Kim Hunter as Betty Graham
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Horizon Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Themes: upper class, midlife crisis, connecticut, swimming pool, neighbor, swimmer, disillusionment, based on short story, pool party, existential crisis
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