That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

73 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 1, 1972

The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. 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.

That Certain Summer

73 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 1, 1972

That Certain Summer
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. 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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Universal Television
Original title That Certain Summer
Directors Lamont Johnson
Writers William Link, Richard Levinson

Cast

Hal Holbrook

as Doug Salter

Martin Sheen

as Gary McCain

Joe Don Baker

as Phil Bonner

Marlyn Mason

as Laureen Hyatt

Scott Jacoby

as Nick Salter

Hope Lange

as Janet Salter