Summer Magic (1963)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

THAT WONDERFUL HAYLEY! a-flitterin' in a romantic whirl of her own!

Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up

• Released: 1963-07-07
• Genres: Music, Comedy, Family
• Runtime: 1h 50m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 55 votes

Directed by James Neilson.

Top cast

• Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey
• Burl Ives as Osh Popham
• Dorothy McGuire as Mrs. Margaret Carey
• Deborah Walley as Julia Carey
• Una Merkel as Mariah Popham
• Eddie Hodges as Gilly Carey
• Michael J. Pollard as Digby Popham
• Peter Brown as Tom Hamilton
• James Stacy as Charles Bryant
• James Mathers as Peter Carey (as Jimmy Mathers)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Summer Magic

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

Movies like Summer Magic

If you enjoyed Summer Magic, these movies have a similar feel:

• Sneakerella (2022)
• Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
• Tom Sawyer (1973)
• Annie (1999)
• Godspell (1973)
• The Loud House Movie (2021)
• Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Life with Father (1947)
• Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)
• A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
• UglyDolls (2019)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app