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Dragonfly is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gilbert Cates released in USA on 1 march 1976 with Beau Bridges

Dragonfly (1976)

Dragonfly
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Released in USA 1 march 1976
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating51% 2.571432.571432.571432.571432.57143

One Summer Love, originally titled Dragonfly, is a 1976 romantic drama film directed by Gilbert Cates from a screenplay by N. Richard Nash. It stars Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon and features Mildred Dunnock and Ann Wedgeworth.

Synopsis

After being released from a mental hospital, Jesse (Bridges) sets out to find and rejoin his off-beat family. While doing so, he meets a pretty young woman named Chloe (Sarandon) who works in a movie theatre, and they fall in love, which resolves his psychological problems.

Actors

Beau Bridges

(Jesse)Susan Sarandon

(Chloe)James Noble

(Dr. Lee)Ann Wedgeworth

(Pearlie)Linda Miller

(Willa)Mildred Dunnock

(Miss Barrow)
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