That Certain Summer
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Genre Drama Initial release November 1, 1972 Running time 1h 13m | 7.8/10 IMDb Duration Director | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Cast (Doug Salter), (Gary McCain), (Phil Bonner), (Laureen Hyatt), Scott Jacoby (Nick Salter), (Janet Salter)Similar movies Interstellar , Just a Question of Love , Kiss of the Spider Woman , Beautiful Thing , Sexual Chronicles of a French Family , Independence Day |
William link on the tv movie that certain summer
That Certain Summer is a 1972 American television movie directed by Lamont Johnson. The teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link was the first to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Produced by Universal Television, it was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week on November 1, 1972. A novelization of the film written by Burton Wohl was published by Bantam Books.
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- William link on the tv movie that certain summer
- Synopsis
- Principal cast
- Principal production credits
- Critical reception
- Awards and nominations
- References

Synopsis
Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years. Gary moves out temporarily in order to prevent Nick from suspecting the nature of their relationship. When Nick finds evidence of his father's secret life, the teen — filled with shame and disgust — runs away. Once reunited with his son, Doug attempts to explain his sexual orientation to him, with mixed results.
Principal cast
Principal production credits
Critical reception
Marilyn Beck of the New York Times called it "one of the finest pieces of drama you'll see this year on large or small screen." Judith Crist described it as "a giant step for television" in New York. TV Guide declared, "Television grows up," and in his review in the Los Angeles Times, Charles Champlin opined, "It is the best movie for TV I have yet seen . . . a film which would do honor to any size screen."
Awards and nominations
References
That Certain Summer WikipediaThat Certain Summer IMDb That Certain Summer themoviedb.org