Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of the townspeople, particularly on the PTA board, think that she is a little too liberal and liberated for ...
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Title: Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Barbara Eden | ... | Stella Johnson | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Willis Newton | |
| Nanette Fabray | ... | Alice Finely | |
| Louis Nye | ... | Kirby Baker | |
| Audrey Christie | ... | Flora Simpson Reilly | |
| Ron Masak | ... | Herbie Maddox | |
| John Fiedler | ... | Bobby Taylor | |
| Susan Swift | ... | Dee Johnson | |
| Pat Paulsen | ... | Mr. Harper | |
| Robert Hastings | ... | Skeeter (as Bob Hastings) | |
| Fay DeWitt | ... | Willa Mae Jones (as Fay De Witt) | |
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J.J. Barry | ... | Tex |
| Royce D. Applegate | ... | Dutch | |
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Irene Yah-Ling Sun | ... | Myrna Wong (as Irene Yah Ling Sun) |
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Louise Foley | ... | Mavis |
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Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of the townspeople, particularly on the PTA board, think that she is a little too liberal and liberated for them, so they are making things tough for her and her daughter. When the PTA board threaten to have her daughter expelled unless Stella changes her ways, she decides to get back at them by first exposing all their hidden secrets and then pulling all sorts of humiliating pranks on them. When she decides to run for the position of PTA President, they are really infuriated and try to stop her any way they can. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
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7 August 1980 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
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Additional facts of the first two Triple Crown winning horses: Sir Barton in 1919, first was Kentucky Derby, on Saturday, May 10, 1919, second was Preakness (just four days later) on Wednesday, May 14, 1919, and Belmont Stakes, Wednesday, June 11, 1919, and Gallant Fox, in 1930. The first race, Preakness was on Friday, May 9, 1930. Second was Kentucky Derby, on Saturday, May 17, 1930. Belmont Stakes was on Saturday, July 7, 1930. Also, in 1930, the races were ran in a different order. 2-1-3, meaning, Preakness, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes. 1919's Kentucky Derby and Preakness (first two races, were only four days apart). Plus 1930's Preakness and Kentucky Derby (first two races, were only eight days apart). See more »Goofs
The scene at the race track was obviously not filmed in Ohio. There are palm trees in the distance. See more »Quotes
Flora Simpson Reilly: [during a Harper Valley P. T. A. meeting, immediately after Kirby Baker was framed and jailed] It is time, to fight fire, with fire.See more »
Why don't they make 'em like this any more? HARPER VALLEY P.T.A is one of a handful of flicks from the late 70s and early 80s that mixed social satire with hilarity(9 TO 5 and HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING were two others). Barbara Edan is Stella Johnson, a hard-working single mother who attracts the ire of the self-righteous town Parent-Teacher Association. As those of you who remember how the country song this film was based on goes, Stella gets a not-too-tolerant letter cataloging her many indiscretions(which are merely rumors)and responds by giving the members what-for at a public meeting. When this results in public rejection(not to mention rocks through the Johnson house windows)Stella takes action, setting in motion a series of elaborate revenges against the P.T.A members that not only even the score but show up each person's hypocrisies. It's great to see beautiful Barbara Eden fight the stuck-up blue-bloods, pompous elected officials, and self-righteous educators who make up the P.T.A., because everyone can see a little of their own communities in Harper Valley.