A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.
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Elizabeth Allen
- Landlady
- (as Betty Ellen)
Art Lewis
- Mr. Karlson
- (as Artie Lewis)
Alan Paige
- Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Betty Palivoda
- Checker in Market
- (uncredited)
Victor Paul
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Sally Yarnell
- Neighbor
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film was made and released about five years after its source play of the same name by Neil Simon was first performed in 1966. The original Broadway production of "Star Spangled Girl" opened at the Plymouth Theater on 21st December 1966 and ran for 261 performances until 5th August 1967. It starred Connie Stevens, Anthony Perkins and Richard Benjamin. The theater marquee for the production can be seen during the opening titles of TV series That Girl (1966). The play's setting is described in its intro as being "A duplex studio apartment in San Francisco".
- Quotes
Norman Cornell: I'm sorry for what happened...
Amy Cooper: That's alright.
Norman Cornell: Andy... she spoke nicely to me...
- ConnectionsReferences King Kong (1933)
- SoundtracksGirl
Written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel
Performed by Davy Jones
recording supervised by Jackie Mills
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Starless Fiasco
This rates high on my scale of lousiest movies, only slightly better than "Dudley-do-Right", which probably says it all.
Sandy Duncan wasted her bubbly talent playing Amy Cooper, southern Olympic swimmer, who comes to LA to work and train, and (unfortunately), becomes neighbors with two radical newspaper publishers (Tony Roberts and Todd Susman), whose liberal ideas clash with her traditional conservatism. This could have been a good movie if it had been just Amy and Andy Hobart (Roberts), as it could have turned into one of those love stories, where the couple are real opposites and clash a lot, but then fall in love.
Instead, they had to throw Norman Cornell (Susman) in, when he should have been thrown out! The whole character was ridiculous, like he O. D'd on uppers mixed with acid. He wasn't funny, he wasn't even silly, he was just plain ridiculous, so much so, that he's embarrassing to watch. He gets a case of love at first sight (or in his case, smell) for Amy, apparently addicted to the scent of her hair. He then proceeds to make a nuisance of himself, to the point of harrassment. (Today, he'd be arrested for stalking!) There was nothing funny about any of this, it was just plain annoying!
The rest of the movie fell flat, as the whole basis of what the newspaper stood for, Amy's own traditional standards, and some of the realities of life in the city in the early 70's were downplayed and a lot of nonsense (like a duck running wild in the YWCA) took center stage, instead.
It's hard to believe this was based on a Neil Simon play, unless someone put his name to it, as a (very bad) joke.
SKIP THIS ONE, LIKE I WISH I HAD!
Sandy Duncan wasted her bubbly talent playing Amy Cooper, southern Olympic swimmer, who comes to LA to work and train, and (unfortunately), becomes neighbors with two radical newspaper publishers (Tony Roberts and Todd Susman), whose liberal ideas clash with her traditional conservatism. This could have been a good movie if it had been just Amy and Andy Hobart (Roberts), as it could have turned into one of those love stories, where the couple are real opposites and clash a lot, but then fall in love.
Instead, they had to throw Norman Cornell (Susman) in, when he should have been thrown out! The whole character was ridiculous, like he O. D'd on uppers mixed with acid. He wasn't funny, he wasn't even silly, he was just plain ridiculous, so much so, that he's embarrassing to watch. He gets a case of love at first sight (or in his case, smell) for Amy, apparently addicted to the scent of her hair. He then proceeds to make a nuisance of himself, to the point of harrassment. (Today, he'd be arrested for stalking!) There was nothing funny about any of this, it was just plain annoying!
The rest of the movie fell flat, as the whole basis of what the newspaper stood for, Amy's own traditional standards, and some of the realities of life in the city in the early 70's were downplayed and a lot of nonsense (like a duck running wild in the YWCA) took center stage, instead.
It's hard to believe this was based on a Neil Simon play, unless someone put his name to it, as a (very bad) joke.
SKIP THIS ONE, LIKE I WISH I HAD!
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