Rating: NR
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 05/11/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: MGM

Billie is a screen version of Ronald Alexander's perennial stage favorite Time Out For Ginger. Patty Duke plays a tomboyish high schooler who excels in athletics but who continues to strike out socially. Jim Backus and Jane Greer perform yeoman service as Duke's parents, who wonder how long it's going to be before their daughter stops trying to be their son. Backus is particularly concerned because he's running for mayor on a platform of "male supremacy" (this is 1965, remember?). From time to time, Duke expresses her frustration in song: her big number finds her holding her gym shoes in one hand, a bottle of perfume in the other. Warren Berlinger also stars as Duke's long-suffering boyfriend.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Patty Duke - Billie Carol
Jim Backus - Howard Carol
Jane Greer - Agnes Carol
Warren Berlinger - Mike Benson
Billy De Wolfe - Mayor Davis
Charles Lane - Coach Jones
Dick Sargent - Matt Bullitt
Susan Seaforth - Jean Matthews
Ted Bessel - Bob Matthews
Richard Deacon - Principal Wilson
Bobby Diamond - Eddie Davis
Michael Fox - Ray Case
Clive Clerk - Ted Chekas
Harlan Warde - Dr. Hall
Georgia Simmons - Mrs. Hosenwacker
Arline Anderson - Mrs. Clifton
Matty Jordan - Reporter
Maria Lennard - Adele Colin

Production:
Don Weis - Director
Don Weis - Producer
Dominic Frontiere - Composer
Adrienne Fazan - Editor
Ronald Alexander - Screen Writer
Arthur Lonergan - Art Director
David Winters - Choreography
John L. Russell - Cinematographer
Paddy Alexander - Play Author
George W. Drew - Costume Designer

Bye Bye Birdie
    Janet Leigh / G / 1963