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Based on Grace Metalious’ best-selling novel, Peyton Place received an
impressive nine Oscar nominations in 1957, including Best Picture.
Lana Turner’s
acclaimed performance as Constance MacKenzie, the single mother of a beautiful
teen (Diane Varsi), earned her a Best Actress nomination (Varsi received Best
Supporting Actress consideration as well).
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 (Arthur Kennedy, nominated for Best Supporting Actor) 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.
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