The Swimmer

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Ned Merrill

Janet Landgard

as Julie Ann Hooper

Janice Rule

as Shirley Abbott

Tony Bickley

as Donald Westerhazy

Marge Champion

as Peggy Forsburgh

Nancy Cushman

as Mrs. Halloran

Bill Fiore

as Howie Hunsacker

Rose Gregorio

as Sylvia Finney

David Garfield

as Ticket Seller

Kim Hunter

as Betty Graham

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Ned" (Burt Lancaster) has been away for a while so his neighbours are a bit surprised to see him, clad only in his trunks, swimming in their pool. After some chat with them, he discovers that barring the odd bit of terrain to cross, he can pretty much swim his way home through the pools of other ne...

Wuchak

**_Offbeat parable of self-discovery on the collapse of the “American dream”_** A somewhat confused man in swimming trunks (Burt Lancaster) travels from pool to pool in suburban Connecticut on his way home. Some of the people he comes across are played by Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers ...

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