It's interesting to note that this film about unwed teenage mothers came out that year, obviously before based on a conversation that Shirley Jones has during the film. She plays a new teacher at a home and school for teens in the family way, dealing with troubled Sissy Spacek who challenges her reasoning for caring and tough school superintendent Mercedes McCambridge. Jones certainly does get a bit too involved in their lives, but it's with the best intentions even those get her into trouble.
The cast of three Academy Award winning actresses (Spacek yet to be) is quite good with a young Pamela Sue Martin also quite good. William Window, as Jones' boyfriend, provides a voice of reason for her, while Carmen Zapata, Helen Page Kamp and Katherine MacGregor (with a Scottish accent) are quite good as staff members. Everything's fine for these girls until their family members, indicating why they had problems in the first place. Dated, but well acted, with veterans Jones and McCambridge noticeably upstaged by the young Spacek.
The cast of three Academy Award winning actresses (Spacek yet to be) is quite good with a young Pamela Sue Martin also quite good. William Window, as Jones' boyfriend, provides a voice of reason for her, while Carmen Zapata, Helen Page Kamp and Katherine MacGregor (with a Scottish accent) are quite good as staff members. Everything's fine for these girls until their family members, indicating why they had problems in the first place. Dated, but well acted, with veterans Jones and McCambridge noticeably upstaged by the young Spacek.