Screenplay:
Eleanor PerryCinematography:
David L. QuaidComposer:
Marvin HamlischCast:
Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Rose Gregorio, Charles Drake, Diana Muldaur, Joan Rivers, Philip Bruns (more)VOD (1)
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One of the few bona fide counter-cultural films to be produced by a major studio, The Swimmer is a sun-scorched and surreal suburban satire that boasts a fine performance from Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, the all-American man who one day determines to swim home to his Connecticut mansion via a series of pools in his neighbourhood. Directed by Frank Perry imbues Eleanor Perry's adaptation of John Cheever's short story with stunning expressionistic flourishes, creating a true masterpiece of cinema. (Powerhouse Films)
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