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Cruel Summer

2021-04-20 · 42 min / episode · ★ 7.4

Mystery · Drama

Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

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Creators
Bert V. Royal
Production companies
Entertainment One, Iron Ocean, Entertainment One Television
Countries
United States of America
Status
Canceled

Top Cast

Sadie StanleySadie StanleyMegan Landry
Lexi UnderwoodLexi UnderwoodIsabella LaRue
Griffin GluckGriffin GluckLuke Chambers
Lisa YamadaLisa YamadaParker Tanaka
Sean BlakemoreSean BlakemoreSheriff Myers
KaDee StricklandKaDee StricklandDebbie Landry

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