Unusual comedy-drama. Two kooky kids, Merrie Spaeth and Tippy Walker, get lost in fantasy games and become obsessed with womanising pianist Peter Sellers, whose attempts to bed Paula Prentiss are constantly (and inadvertently) thwarted by the pair. Then Tippy's parents turn up (Angela Lansbury and Tom Bosley) and things turn darker. With Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald, John Fiedler and Al Lewis. It was written by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson (her dad).
The girls are sympathetic and energetic. Structurally interesting as Lansbury and Bosley don't even make an appearance until almost an hour in. Has a buzz of the New Wave to it.
Music by Elmer Bernstein (which does sound a bit like The Magnificent Seven here and there), cinematography from Boris Kaufman and Arthur Ortiz, edited by Stuart Gilmore.
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