Return to Peyton Place
Return to Peyton Place is a 1961 American drama film in color by De Luxe and CinemaScope, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by José Ferrer, and starring Carol Lynley, Tuesday Weld, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor, and Robert Sterling. The screenplay by Ronald Alexander is based on the 1959 novel Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and is a sequel to their earlier film Peyton Place (1957).
Plot
Allison MacKenzie receives a phone call from publisher Lewis Jackman, who shows interest in publishing her book, promising to turn her into a household name whose books are exclusively bestsellers. Allison is ecstatic after hearing the news. Her best friend Selena Cross, however, continues to receive a lot of criticism from the townspeople for her "shameful" past.
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| author | Ronald Alexander |
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| director | José Ferrer |
| editor | David Bretherton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | best friend car accident confuse domineer edit end fashion model hear married meet morning new life original film peyton place phone call publish radio show school board shock ski ski instructor talk show town hall wrath |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman |
| producer | Jerry Wald |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | high school sequel |