It's the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule the town with their high moral standards, which they try to pass on to their offspring. The adults, especially those that wield power largely through their positions and/or through their wealth, will not tolerate anything they believe morally improper, even if there is a hint of impropriety without comprehensive evidence to back up the hints. As their offspring grow from teen... (Full plot summary below)
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It's the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule the town with their high moral standards, which they try to pass on to their offspring. The adults, especially those that wield power largely through their positions and/or through their wealth, will not tolerate anything they believe morally improper, even if there is a hint of impropriety without comprehensive evidence to back up the hints. As their offspring grow from teenagers to adults, the offspring learn that there is much hypocrisy by the adults lying underneath that façade of proper Christian morals. The offspring begin to rebel in different ways, which is brought to public scrutiny with the arrival into town of an "outsider", the new young high school principal Michael Rossi, and through a murder trial.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsExcept that they take a long time at it, Scriptwriter John Michael Hayes and Director Mark Robson construct a drama of personal tensions and incongruities that has something of the irony and terror of the film version of "An American Tragedy." |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouMatt BaileyThough a contemporary audience would hardly find Peyton Place shocking today, what is intriguing is that audiences in 1957 would not have found it shocking either. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMark Robson's Hollywood version is far more enjoyable than the Grace Mattallius's trashy novel it's based upon, a quintessential small-town movie that in morality and other issues is sort of an ideological summation of the entire decade. |
| VarietyVariety StaffUnder Mark Robson's direction, every one of the performers delivers a topnotch portrayal. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanEffective melodrama with some satisfying emotional confrontations, particularly from Lana Turner. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.It's by turns gripping and silly. I suppose that's what makes good soap. |
| Apollo GuideRyan CracknellShows America's beauty through its warts and blemishes, something that even today is often overlooked. |
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonThis was hot stuff in the mid-’50s, but beneath the sleazy coating covering the film (camp aficionados take note) is an unabashed and moderately retrograde plea for community openness. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumCritics turned up their noses at this tear-jerking ‘Scope blockbuster of 1957, based on Grace Metalious’s lurid best-selling novel. But people came out in droves for it, and it’s not at all hard to see why—it’s corn in the grand style, much of it delivered with sweep and conviction, and the intrigues come thick and fast. |
| User ReviewCharles BA classic movie that deals with all the 'bad stuff' in life, but in a format that most any age can watch and enjoy it. |
