

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
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.'