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A carefree single mother challenges the local PTA after they threaten to expel her daughter from school, due to her lifestyle.A carefree single mother challenges the local PTA after they threaten to expel her daughter from school, due to her lifestyle.A carefree single mother challenges the local PTA after they threaten to expel her daughter from school, due to her lifestyle.
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Fay DeWitt
- Willa Mae Jones
- (as Fay De Witt)
Irene Yah-Ling Sun
- Myrna Wong
- (as Irene Yah Ling Sun)
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- TriviaAll but the last two weeks of filming were directed by Ralph Senensky. He left after expressing concern that the elephants would be spooked on Halloween night, when a scene was scheduled to be shot. He turned out to be correct, a spooked elephant injured Nanette Fabray severely.
- GoofsThe date, September 8th, 1968, was a Sunday, not a week-day, (for school, teachers and students). Dee Johnson mentioned the date, as she was postponing the election voting, from an immediate start, that Mrs. Flora Simpson Riley had planned on.
- Quotes
Police Officer: [just catching Bobby Taylor outside a motel, wearing nothing but a firehouse hose wrapped around him] Hey, buddy... where's the fire?
- Crazy creditsThe credit to Seattle Slew for the manure is a joke. (The numerous comments in the Trivia section has apparently led some people to believe it's on the level.)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mindhunter: Episode #2.2 (2019)
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A fun song makes for a pretty good comedy
Someone had the right idea of visualizing Jeannie C. Riley's fantastic country-western song "Harper Valley P.T.A." with a low-budget and a low brow. A big glossy look and lots of celebrities in the cast would've sapped the raucous spirit of this piece. As party-girl Mrs. Johnson, Barbara Eden is perfectly cast, as are Susan Swift as her somewhat embarrassed daughter and Nanette Fabray as her gal-pal. The picture moves along swimmingly until a chase-climax pops the balloon (it's too routine and badly extended). Still, the details here are just right and the writing is pretty solid--and creating a screenplay from one song can't be easy. **1/2 from ****
- moonspinner55
- Oct 12, 2002
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