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Millie Perkins, mom to an 18 yr old? If she was my mom, I'd do her.


I saw this movie and couldn't believe Millie played the mom to an 18 year old. If she was my mom, I'd do her.

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Yeah she looked waayyyyyy to young for the role. Actually looking it up she was only 30 at the time. I half expected a max seduction scene.

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Millie Perkins was married to the fellow who wrote the screenplay. She was a bit young, unless you entertain the possibility that she was the senator's second wife and the boys were her stepsons.

In her last scene, when she's sitting there catatonic with grief, she looks for all the world like a teenager. I didn't realize who she was till I noticed the Senator hanging out.

She was also the same age as Diane Varsi (30). One likes to think that they shared a chuckle or two over the premise of the movie.

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