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Harper Valley P.T.A.

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Harper Valley P.T.A.
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1hr 33min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1978
Directors:
Richard Bennett, Richard Bennett
Distributor:
HBO Home Video
Starring:
Barbara Eden, Ronny Cox, Nanette Fabray  ...more
Synopsis: This low-budget expansion of the popular Tom T. Hall/Jeannie C. Riley song "Harper Valley PTA" is surprisingly good, boasting lively performances by star Barbara Eden and everybody else in the cast. Eden plays Stella Johnson, a widowed single mom whose gaudy makeup, miniskirts and tight jeans are a source of scandal for the smug, self-righteous members of the local PTA. Forced to leave town with her teenaged daughter Dee (Susan Swift), Stella gets revenge with photographic evidence revealing the ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Far too many movies in the 1970s were based on hit songs, and Harper Valley PTA is one of them. All of them faced one common problem: taking a three-minute single and expanding it into a full length story. Harper's approach to solving this problem is to go through the "plot" of the entire song in about 15 minutes (including quoting liberally from the lyrics) and then spend the rest of the film creating ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Barbara Eden
Stella Johnson
Ronny Cox
Willis Newton
Nanette Fabray
Alice Finely
Susan Swift
Dee Johnson
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