Film

Violets Are Blue

1986 · 1h 28m · Drama · Romance

There's a summer you'll always remember, and a hope that if you go back, it will all happen again.

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, Henry, who is now married and running the local newspaper he inherited from his father. An awkward and tension-filled romance ensues.

Sissy Spacek

Augusta "Gussie" Sawyer

Kevin Kline

Henry Squires

Bonnie Bedelia

Ruth Squires

John Kellogg

Ralph Sawyer

Jim Standiford

Addy Squires

Augusta Dabney

Ethel Sawyer

Kate McGregor-Stewart

Sara Mae

Adrian Sparks

George

Annalee Jefferies

Sally

Mike Starr

Tony

Brian Sargis

Squid

Keith Sargis

Bryant

Michael Mack

Ben

Erin Malooly

Erin

Megan Malooly

Kathleen

Kathleen Fannon

Girl's Mother

• Jack FiskDirector
• Naomi FonerWriter
• Marykay PowellProducer
• Roger M. RothsteinExecutive Producer
• Ralf D. BodeDirector of Photography
• Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Edward WarschilkaEditor
• Patricia McCorkleCasting

Release date

April 4, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama, Romance