Billie (1965)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Ronald Alexander (play)
Ronald Alexander (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 December 1965 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Billie's Got the Beat!

Plot:

A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | Mayor | Running | Tomboy | School Life

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Patty Duke	...	Billie Carol
Jim Backus	...	Howard G. Carol
Jane Greer	...	Agnes Carol
Warren Berlinger	...	Mike Benson
Billy De Wolfe	...	Mayor Charlie Davis
Charles Lane	...	Coach Jones
Dick Sargent	...	Matt Bullitt
Susan Seaforth Hayes	...	Jean Matthews (as Susan Seaforth)
Ted Bessell	...	Robert 'Bob' Matthews
Richard Deacon	...	Principal Arnold Wilson
Bobby Diamond	...	Eddie Davis
Michael Fox	...	Ray Case, Reporter
Clive Clerk	...	Ted Chekas
Harlan Warde	...	Doctor Hall
Jean MacRae	...	Nurse Webb

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Chrislaw Productions

Trivia:

Donna McKechnie's movie debut.

Quotes:

Howard G. Carol: In dealing with women, a man must shun reason and logic.

Movie Connections:

Version of "The Comedy Spot: Time Out for Ginger" (1962)

Soundtrack:

She is a Girl is a Girl

Billie, the girl with the "beat" in her head, out-runs every boy on the high school track team.

Roll back the clocks for this one! A very fine movie for it's nostalgia. I enjoyed seeing what teenagers were like back in the 1960's.

This is a movie/musical rolled into one. It stars, Patty Duke who plays the character "Billie", a tomboy who causes a problem with her school when she is put on the all "boys" track team by the impressed school coach. You have to remember that this movie was released in 1965 when women's rights were not as prevalent as today.

If you have never heard Patty Duke sing, then you just have to see this movie... She sings as beautiful as a songbird! Bobby Diamond, who played on the TV series, "Fury" (1955-1960), is also in this movie and sang to my enjoyment as well!

Although not intended to be funny, some parts of this movie were very comical and had me in stitches! I enjoyed watching the way the people danced back then. It looked like they were having a great time!

In conclusion I'd like to say, that "Billie" is a very fine movie for it's time period. If only there was more of it. The ending left me with wanting more...more...more!