Star Spangled Girl

1971
G
1h 33m

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Sandy Duncan in Star Spangled Girl (1971)

In this adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, 1960's radical journalists Norman Cornell and Andy Hobart fall in love with the girl next door, patriotic Olympic hopeful Amy Cooper, who is th... Read allIn this adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, 1960's radical journalists Norman Cornell and Andy Hobart fall in love with the girl next door, patriotic Olympic hopeful Amy Cooper, who is the kind of square that they are fighting.In this adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, 1960's radical journalists Norman Cornell and Andy Hobart fall in love with the girl next door, patriotic Olympic hopeful Amy Cooper, who is the kind of square that they are fighting.

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5.3/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Sandy Duncan

Amy Cooper

Tony Roberts

Andy Hobart

Todd Susman

Norman Cornell

Elizabeth Allen

Landlady
(as Betty Ellen)

Art Lewis

Mr. Karlson
(as Artie Lewis)

Allen Jung

Laundryman

Helen Kleeb

YWCA Receptionist

Harry Northup

Cowboy on Bus

Gordon Bosserman

Karlson's Boy

Jim Conners

Karlson's Boy

Peter Hobbs

Man in Car

Alan Paige

Neighbor
(uncredited)

Betty Palivoda

Checker in Market
(uncredited)

Victor Paul

Policeman
(uncredited)

Charlie Picerni

Policeman
(uncredited)

Sally Yarnell

Neighbor
(uncredited)

Director
- Jerry Paris
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Trivia
The film was made and released about five years after its source play of the same name by Neil Simon was first performed in 1966. The original Broadway production of "Star Spangled Girl" opened at the Plymouth Theater on 21st December 1966 and ran for 261 performances until 5th August 1967. It starred Connie Stevens, Anthony Perkins and Richard Benjamin. The theater marquee for the production can be seen during the opening titles of TV series That Girl (1966). The play's setting is described in its intro as being "A duplex studio apartment in San Francisco".

Quotes
Norman Cornell: I'm sorry for what happened...
Amy Cooper: That's alright.
Norman Cornell: Andy... she spoke nicely to me...

Connections
References King Kong (1933)

Soundtracks
Girl
Written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel
Performed by Davy Jones
recording supervised by Jackie Mills

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8/10

See Star Spangled Girl and laugh your head off!

I watched this movie on DVD after seeing a Living In TV Land on tape that featured Davy Jones knowing that his song,"Girl", would be in this movie after reading the other comments on this film. (Personal note: I saw Jones on stage at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, FL , where he performed this song in The Real Live Brady Bunch which enacted the episode that had Marcia trying to get him to her prom.) Based on a Neil Simon play adapted by Arnold Margolin and Jim Parker, Star Spangled Girl comes through fast and furious with the wisecracks that makes us forgive the initial annoyingness of the lead characters played by Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, and especially Todd Susman in a role completely different from Officer Shifflet on Newhart. Jerry Paris' direction times everything with a sledgehammer that hits more than misses occasionally slowing down so we can take a breath. If you're a fan of all of the above players as well as composer Charles Fox, what are you waiting for? By all means, seek this one out! By the way, Susman would later be the voice of the Greyhound dog on TV and radio. In case anyone didn't notice, Duncan rides Greyhound buses in the movie.