Metalious had grown up in poverty and, she once commented, “I think I began writing `Peyton Place’ the day I was born.” She died in 1964, with her personal and financial affairs in disorder.

The film is based on the TV series Peyton Place, which aired from 1964 to 1969, and the plot is set twenty years after the original sage. The film contains many of the original cast members ...

O’Neal played bit parts and performed some stunt work before claiming a lead role on the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place” (1964-69), which also made a star of Mia Farrow. From there O ...

Ryan O’Neal’s breakout role came in 1964 on the nighttime soap opera “Peyton Place.” A Hollywood “Love Story” After starring in several TV shows throughout the 1960s, O’Neal made an ...