Class of '44

Year:

1973

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Paul Bogart

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1973-04-10

Filming Locations: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gary Grimes

Class of '44

Jerry Houser

Oscy

Oliver Conant

Benjie

Deborah Winters

Julie

William Atherton

Fraternity President

Sam Bottoms

Marty

Joe Ponazecki

Professor

Murray Westgate

Principal

Marian Waldman

Grade Advisor

Mary Long

Valedictorian

Marcia Diamond

Mrs. Gilhuly, Rooming House Matron

Jeffrey Cohen

Editor

Susan Marcus

Assistant Editor

Lamar Criss

1st Proctor

Michael A. Hoey

2nd Proctor

Dan McDonald

Father

Jan Campbell

Mother

Les Barker

Bartender (uncredited)

Jeanne Beker

Bernice (uncredited)

Bruce Bell

Carten's Soda Joint (uncredited)

Bev Berger

Girl in Hall (uncredited)

Rummy Bishop

Candy Vendor (uncredited)

Richard Brooke

Harry - Pledge (uncredited)

John Candy

Paule (uncredited)

Sheridan Ciss

Student Roomer (uncredited)

David Daniels

Paulie (uncredited)

William J. Daprato

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

John Delo

Shelly (uncredited)

Paul Easton

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

Ralph Endersby

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

Tony Fletcher

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

James Forrest

Football Coach (uncredited)

Susan Friedman

Hermie's Sister (uncredited)

Nancy Belle Fuller

Cigar Smoking Student (uncredited)

Philip Galbraith

Boy at Mrs. Gilhuly's (uncredited)

Marty Galin

Second Brain (uncredited)

Robert Goodier

Ancient Professor (uncredited)

Barbara Graham

Friend of Hermie's Family (uncredited)

Lise Granik

Girl at Fraternity Party

Shelby Gregory

Soldier (uncredited)

David Gustafson

Professor Otis (uncredited)

Jim Henshaw

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

Rick Hodgdon

Senior (uncredited)

Clarence Hood

Tom (uncredited)

Robert C. Imeson

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

Stan Kane

Football Coach (uncredited)

Sean Kennedy

Senior (uncredited)

John Kerr

Ford Hotel Bartender (uncredited)

Julia King

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Christopher Kirby

Senior (uncredited)

Tony LaManna

Senior (uncredited)

Peter Langley

Football Coach (uncredited)

Emma Levine

Old Lady on Train (uncredited)

Evann Lewis

Dave - Pledge (uncredited)

Randy Maertz

Boy (uncredited)

Gino Marrocco

Bartender (uncredited)

Gordon McIntyre

Football Coach (uncredited)

Ed McNamara

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Alan McRae

Fraternity Senior (uncredited)

George Millenbach

First Brain (uncredited)

Randy Milligan

Boy at Mrs. Gilhuly's (uncredited)

Victoria Montgomery

Fighting Prostitute (uncredited)

Ashley Moorhouse

Boy (uncredited)

George Murray

Singer (uncredited)

Margaret Nolan

Girl in Stairwell (uncredited)

Paul O'Brien

(uncredited)

John Overton

Dick (uncredited)

Laurie Pierce

Silly Girl (uncredited)

Shimmy Plener

Wally (uncredited)

Julie Rank

Waitress (uncredited)

Guy Sanvido

Candy Vendor (uncredited)

Brian Sinclair

Boy in Telephone Booth (uncredited)

David Smith

Boy at Mrs. Gilhuly's (uncredited)

Doug Springthorpe

Scroggins (uncredited)

Grant Tadman

Football Coach (uncredited)

Tom Toszegi

Marine on Train (uncredited)

Cam Trott

Student Roomer at Mrs. Gilhuly's (uncredited)

David Tyrell

The Fool (uncredited)

Jeanne Walker

Receptionist in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Terrett West

Football Hero (uncredited)

Peter Whitall

Uncle Nat (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The mezzanine of a BMT subway station in Brooklyn was restored to its 1944 appearance for filming. The subway train consisted of vintage 1927-28 articulating Triplex units which had already been retired from revenue service at the time of filming.

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Unlike its prequel Summer of '42, Class of '44 is more of a fictional work. There are several fictional elements in this film. One of them was that this film was supposed to be based on the boys facing army service in the Korean War. But it was changed to World War 2.

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Goofs

Brooklyn's PCC streetcars did not have standee windows and they featured a different paint scheme than the one seen in the film.

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In the scene at the beach, roughly 15 minutes into the film, the boys are listening to a baseball game on the radio. The game is between the Brooklyn Dodgers (now L.A) and the New York Giants (now San Francisco). The announcer indicates that the score in Giants 5 and Dodgers 1 with Ace Adams pitching in the bottom of the 9th inning. The play-by-play goes on with the game ending with Giants 5 over the Dodgers with 4. When checking baseball statistics with all games between the two teams from 1941 to 1946 with Ace Adams pitching, there's no game that ends with this score. It's very likely that recordings of baseball games were not archived during this period, except for very important games and World Series games. The recording is very likely a recreation using names of players who were on these teams in 1944, but not an actual broadcast.

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Quotes

Fraternity President: You can't use your hands to pick up the olive. Or your toes, or your ears, or your nose, or your mouth.

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Waitress: To Benjie, who's just sat down: For you?

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