Return to Peyton Place (1961)

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If anything, this star-studded sequel is even sillier than the original, adding to its problems by completely recasting all the roles, combining several of them into existing characters. Carol Lynley is the heroine this time, and she leaves Peyton Place for New York to write a book about the… More If anything, this star-studded sequel is even sillier than the original, adding to its problems by completely recasting all the roles, combining several of them into existing characters. Carol Lynley is the heroine this time, and she leaves Peyton Place for New York to write a book about the hypocrisy of her hometown. The book causes lots of trouble back home, getting Mike (Robert Sterling) fired as principal, angering Lynley's mother (Eleanor Parker), and stirring such horrible memories in Selena (Tuesday Weld) that she brains her new boyfriend with a fireplace poker, thinking he is her dead rapist stepfather. The film really belongs to Mary Astor, in a hilarious turn as a smotheringly possessive mother. She tries to come between her son and his new bride (Luciana Paluzzi) in some unintentionally hilarious scenes, causing Paluzzi to fling herself down a ski slope in an attempt at a self-induced miscarriage. Overwrought and overblown, the film is still a treat for fans of campy "suburban sin" melodramas. Look for Bob Crane as an unctuous talk show sidekick. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 2 min.
Directed By: Brett Halsey, Carol Lynley
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: May 5, 1961 Wide
On DVD: Feb 22, 2005

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Cast

            Carol Lynley as Allison MacKenzie

            Jeff Chandler as Lewis Jackman

            Eleanor Parker as Connie Rossi

            Mary Astor as Roberta Carter

            Tuesday Weld as Selena Cross

            Luciana Paluzzi as Raffaella Carter

            Robert Sterling as Mike Rossi

            Gunnar Hellstrom as Nils

            Brett Halsey as Ted Carter

            Kenneth MacDonald as Dexter

            Bob Crane as Peter White

            Bill Bradley as Mark Steele

            Tim Durant as John Smith

            Casey Adams as Nick Parker

            Pitt Herbert as Mr. Wadley

            Warren Parker as Lupus Wolf

            Arthur Peterson as Selectman

            Jennifer Howard as Mrs. Jackman

            Joan Banks as Mrs. Humphries

            Emerson Treacy as Bud Humphries

            Wilton Graff as Dr. Fowlkes

            Hari as Arthur

            Leonard Stone as Steve Swanson

            Reedy Talton as Frank O'Roark

            Jack Carr as Postman

            Tony Miller as Photographer

            Max Mellinger as Nevins

            Collette Lyons as Mrs. Bingham

            Carol Veazie as Interviewers

            Helen Bennett as Interviewer

            Charles Seel as Counterman
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