Peyton Place (1957) (original) (raw)

Constance MacKenzie (Lana Turner) is the single mother of a beautiful teen (Diane Varsi). While Constance and the other parents in a picture-perfect New Hampshire town strive to keep their teenagers on the straight and narrow, scandals take place around them: A drunken school caretaker traumatizes his stepdaughter, which prompts a murder, a trial and the revelation that nothing is as it seems in this beautifully photographed, spell-binding drama filled with top-notch performances.

Constance MacKenzie (Lana Turner) is the single mother of a beautiful teen (Diane Varsi). While Constance and the other parents in a picture-perfect New Hampshire town strive to keep their teenagers on the straight and narrow, scandals take place around them: A drunken school caretaker traumatizes his stepdaughter, which prompts a murder, a trial and the revelation that nothing is as it seems in this beautifully photographed, spell-binding drama filled with top-notch performances. (less)

Director: Mark Robson
Writers: John Michael Hayes, Grace Metalious
Starring: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, Terry Moore
Narrator: Diane Varsi
Producer: Jerry Wald

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