A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

104 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 1972

Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives

A Separate Peace

104 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 1972

A Separate Peace
Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Paramount
Original title A Separate Peace
Directors Steve Barnett, Bonnie Prendergast, Larry Peerce
Writers John Knowles, Fred Segal

Cast

John Heyl

as Finny

Parker Stevenson

as Gene Forrester

William Roerick

as Mr. Patchwithers

Peter Brush

as Elwin “Leper” Lepellier

Victor Bevine

as Brinker Hadley

John E.A. Mackenzie

as Bobby Zane

Mark Trefethen

as John

Frank Wilich Jr.

as Cliff Quackenbush

Elizabeth B. Brewster

as Mrs. Patchwithers

Edward Echols

as Mr. Ludsbury

Don Schultz

as Dr. Stanpole

Paul Sadler

as Naval Officer

Scott Bradbury

as Chet Douglass