The eldest daughter of a professor of psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
Acting
David Niven's exasperated dignity in constant collapse.
Costume
Linda's wardrobe: every conservative dad's nightmare made polyester.
Writing
Psychiatry jargon weaponized for sitcom zingers.
Director
Michael Gordon
David Niven
Jonathan Kingsley
Lola Albright
Alice Kingsley
Chad Everett
Richard Merrick
Cristina Ferrare
Linda Kingsley
Jeff Cooper
Bartholomew Smuts
John Harding
Dean Harvey Rockwell
Michael McGreevey
Andy McClaine
Darleen Carr
Abbey Kingsley
Don Beddoe
Dr. Elliot Fish
Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Celia Fish
Karen Norris
Mrs. Rockwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at peak 'generation gap' hysteria, this was one of several 1968 films trying to monetize parental anxiety about counterculture youth.
Ozzie Nelson's casting as a psychiatrist was meta-commentary — audiences knew him as America's idealized TV father from 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.'
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