Harper Valley PTA is a 1978 comedy film inspired by the popular 1968 country song "Harper Valley PTA" written by Tom T. Hall and performed by Jeannie C. Riley. The film starred Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox, Louis Nye and Susan Swift, directed by Richard Bennett, and was mainly released to drive-in theaters throughout the summer of 1978. The film has a cult following in fans of the original song.
The film's promotional tagline is: "The song was scandalous. The movie is hilarious!"
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 14, 2020 3:43 AM |
It's one of my all-time favorite movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 27, 2016 11:27 PM |
replacing Nanette with a Fannie was ludicrous, also they got rid of the pretty girl who played the girl and replaced her with a fatso.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 27, 2016 11:29 PM |
Susan Swift, who also played the lead in the reincarnation thriller [italic]Audrey Rose,[/italic] grew up to become a crazy Tea Party wingnut.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 27, 2016 11:31 PM |
[quote]The film has a cult following...
...consisting of the OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 27, 2016 11:32 PM |
It's on YouTube in its entirety (the movie, not the TV show).
Man, Susan Swift is Peak Tea Party -- anti-gay, convinced HRC is deathly ill, that Obama is a you-know-what... check her Twitter.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 27, 2016 11:41 PM |
The song was great and different. The movie was just cheap, amateurish trash with a B-list-at-best cast.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 27, 2016 11:46 PM |
The day my mama socked to the Harper Valley PTA.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 28, 2016 12:10 PM |
[quote] B-list-at-best cast.
I am not B-List, my niece is.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 28, 2016 3:10 PM |
Susan Swift was, to put it nicely, not a great beauty. Part of the plot involved her getting her braces off and a makeover, after which the boys in school went crazy for her.
Unfortunately, she looked exactly the same except for bigger hair.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 28, 2016 7:00 PM |
Nanette Fabray stole every scene she was in.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 14, 2020 3:39 AM |
They made a movie about the PTA?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 14, 2020 3:41 AM |
The movie is actually one of the better comedies from the period. It holds up better than a lot of them.
Sorry to see the girl grew up to be such a loser...
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 14, 2020 3:43 AM |
