<P> Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 teen comedy starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld . The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films . It is based on Al Hine's 1961 novel of the same name . </P> <P> From his prison cell, Alan Musgrave dictates his experiences of the previous year, which he dedicated to fulfilling the unending wishes and ambitions of high school senior Barbara Ann Greene . The daughter of Marie, a cocktail waitress sinking unhappily into her forties, Barbara Ann wants every kind of success and for everyone to love her . </P> <P> Signing a pact with Alan in wet cement, Barbara Ann soon has the 12 cashmere sweaters needed to join an exclusive girls' club . She drops out of school to become the principal's new secretary and gets involved in church activities run by strait - laced but hyper - hormonal Bob Bernard . When Barbara Ann decides she wants Bob for her husband, Alan facilitates this by keeping Bob's eccentric mother Stella, who disapproves of Barbara Ann, perpetually drunk . Then Barbara meets schlock producer T. Harrison Belmont, the King of Beach Party movies, and decides to become the biggest star that ever was . Bob refuses, however, to allow his wife to have a Hollywood screen test, so Barbara Ann decides she wants a divorce . Since Bob's mother frowns upon divorce, Alan takes matters into his own hands to kill Bob . Although Bob proves to be almost indestructible, by graduation time Alan has him in a wheelchair . At the graduation ceremony, Alan pursues Bob with a tractor, apparently killing him and several people on the speakers' platform . Barbara Ann goes on to Hollywood fame in her debut film Bikini Widow, while Alan is sent to prison . </P> <Ul> <Li> Roddy McDowall as Alan "Mollymauk" Musgrave </Li> <Li> Tuesday Weld as Barbara Ann Greene </Li> <Li> Lola Albright as Marie Greene </Li> <Li> Martin West as Bob Bernard </Li> <Li> Ruth Gordon as Stella Bernard </Li> <Li> Harvey Korman as Weldon Emmett </Li> <Li> Sarah Marshall as Miss Schwartz </Li> <Li> Lynn Carey as Sally Grace </Li> <Li> Donald Murphy as Phil Neuhauser </Li> <Li> Max Showalter as Howard Greene </Li> <Li> Joe Mell as Dr. Milton Lippman </Li> <Li> Dan Frazer as Honest Joe </Li> <Li> Martine Bartlett as Inez </Li> <Li> Jo Collins as Kitten </Li> <Li> Martin Gabel as T. Harrison "Harry" Belmont (uncredited) </Li> </Ul>

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