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Rhode Island coast and countryside where he lives were deleted when the screen fades to a black overlay with newly redone credits for a period of one minute and fifty seconds. The opening score was still used but stretched to accommodate the altered length. The streaming version of the film seems to be a direct copy of the DVD remaster and not the original theatrical version.
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graduate who spends the summer catering to the wealthy families of the city. He becomes the confidant of James McHenry
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was to play James McHenry
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