One Summer Love

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One Summer Love
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Directed by Gilbert Cates
Written by N. Richard Nash
Produced byGilbert Cates
Starring Beau Bridges
Susan Sarandon
CinematographyGerald Hirschfeld
Edited by Barry Malkin
Music by Stephen Lawrence
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

One Summer Love, originally titled Dragonfly, is a 1976 romantic drama film directed by Gilbert Cates from a screenplay by N. Richard Nash. It stars Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon and features Mildred Dunnock and Ann Wedgeworth.

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Plot

After being released from a mental hospital, Jesse (Bridges) sets out to find and rejoin his off-beat family. While doing so, he meets a pretty young woman named Chloe (Sarandon) who works in a movie theatre, and they fall in love, which resolves his psychological problems.

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