Three young runaways find themselves in bohemian Chicago. Shelley Allen is tired of being sold to by her rich ad-man father Ray. She escapes from a creep driver and falls into the arms of prostitute Joanne Masters who is looking to turn her. Shelley escapes from Joanne and her Johns. She is saved by Dewey Norson who ran away for a mysterious reason. Deannie Donford is tired of her sexually repressed mother and father (Norman Fell). She moves in with musician Loch but then sleeps with his roommate Curly. A young Richard Dreyfuss has a supporting role. Meanwhile, the parents are searching for their kids.
This is a little transitional movie where the morality is mostly 50's but it's incorporating the 60's mostly as a cautionary tale. It doesn't give the parents a pass either. There is an attempt to bridge the gap. It's interesting to do the 60's in Chicago away from the cultural centers of NY and LA. It's also fun to see a young Dreyfuss doing his thing in one of his earliest film roles. The Deannie side of the story seems disconnected from the rest and could easily be cut. Mostly, this plays like a scared-straight movie.
This is a little transitional movie where the morality is mostly 50's but it's incorporating the 60's mostly as a cautionary tale. It doesn't give the parents a pass either. There is an attempt to bridge the gap. It's interesting to do the 60's in Chicago away from the cultural centers of NY and LA. It's also fun to see a young Dreyfuss doing his thing in one of his earliest film roles. The Deannie side of the story seems disconnected from the rest and could easily be cut. Mostly, this plays like a scared-straight movie.