Summer Storm (1944)

Dir: Douglas Sirk Drama stars 3

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Summer Storm is an American film first released in 1944, directed by Douglas Sirk. The film is based on a novel by Anton Chekhov and stars Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, editor and Hugo Haas. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Douglas Sirk
Script: Anton Chekhov (novel), Rowland Leigh, Michael O’Hara, Douglas Sirk, Robert Thoeren
Photo: Archie Stout, Eugen Schüfftan
Music: Karl Hajos
Cast: Linda Darnell (Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin (a)), George Sanders (Fedor Mikhailovich Petroff), Anna Lee (Nadena Kalenin (a), editor), Hugo Haas (Anton Urbenin, Volsky’s overseer), Edward Everett Horton (Count "Piggy" Volsky), Lori Lahner (Clara Heller, maid), John Philliber (Polycarp, Petroff’s butler), Sig Ruman (Kuzma, Volsky’s woodcutter), John Abbott (Lunin, public prosecutor), Don Brodie, André Charlot (Mr. Kalenin, publisher), Jimmy Conlin (Man mailing letter), Byron Foulger (Nadezhda’s clerk-receptionist), Robert Greig (Gregory, Volsky’s butler), Paul Hurst (Officer Orloff with murder knife), Frank Orth (Cafe Maitre D’ at end), Sarah Padden (Beggar Woman), Constance Purdy, Mary Servoss (Mrs. Kalenin), Charles Trowbridge (Doctor), Woody Charles (Young Lackey), Rex Evans (Bit Part), Joyce Gates (Gypsy Girl), Kenneth Jones, John Kelly, Nina Koshetz (Gypsy Singer), Gabriel Lenoff (Father Konstantin, Priest), Kate MacKenna (Woman With Umbrella), Mike Mazurki (Tall policeman bends over Petroff), Sharon McManus (Beggar Child), Francis Morris (Bit Part), Fred Nurney (Judge in Kharkov), Elizabeth Russell (Dinner Guest offended by Kuzma), Ann Staunton (Dinner Guest), Anita Venge (Bit Part), Charles Wagenheim
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 106 min; B&W

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