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
- Directed By
- Brett Halsey, Carol Lynley
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 5, 1961 Wide
- Studio
- Fox
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Cast
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Carol Lynley
as Allison MacKenzie
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Jeff Chandler
as Lewis Jackman
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Eleanor Parker
as Connie Rossi
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Mary Astor
as Roberta Carter
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Tuesday Weld
as Selena Cross
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Luciana Paluzzi
as Raffaella Carter
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Robert Sterling
as Mike Rossi
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Gunnar Hellstrom
as Nils
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Brett Halsey
as Ted Carter
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Kenneth MacDonald
as Dexter
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Bob Crane
as Peter White
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Bill Bradley
as Mark Steele
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Tim Durant
as John Smith
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Casey Adams
as Nick Parker
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Pitt Herbert
as Mr. Wadley
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Warren Parker
as Lupus Wolf
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Arthur Peterson
as Selectman
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Jennifer Howard
as Mrs. Jackman
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Joan Banks
as Mrs. Humphries
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Emerson Treacy
as Bud Humphries
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Wilton Graff
as Dr. Fowlkes
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Hari
as Arthur
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Leonard Stone
as Steve Swanson
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Reedy Talton
as Frank O'Roark
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Jack Carr
as Postman
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Tony Miller
as Photographer
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Max Mellinger
as Nevins
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Collette Lyons
as Mrs. Bingham
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Carol Veazie
as Interviewers
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Helen Bennett
as Interviewer
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Charles Seel
as Counterman
