okay and so i wasn not alive in the 50 . but my father certainly be . he recommend this movie to me and and i have to say i be impressed . it represent one of the few mainstream film of the era that present day to day life a it really be . peyton place be a movie that strip away the candy coat exterior which surround many a 50 film and and show the raw and flawed life of people who be struggle with issue that viewer in today society can still relate to . although a different genre and it wasn not until i delve deeply into film noir that i discover more film that present an edgier and raw window into the world of the 40 and 50 . i appreciate a writer or director that have the gut to risk lose viewer by insist on honest presentation of culture or event . this film be worth a look .