Also in 1971, Mulligan released "Summer of '42" (1971), which was based on the coming-of-age novel by Herman Raucher and starred Gary Grimes as a teenage stand-in for Raucher who spends a summer vacation in 1942 on Nantucket Island lusting after a young woman (Jennifer O'Neill) whose husband has shipped off to fight in the war. A box office smash, "Summer of '42" went on to gross over $20 million, and Mulligan was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director.