The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
A Perfumed Zoo For Teenage She-Cats!
1969 · 1h 35m · R
Drama
Directed by
Robert Hartford-Davis
Overview
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
Director and cast
- Robert Hartford-Davis Director
- Madeleine Hinde as Nicki Johnson
- Renée Asherson as Anne Johnson
- Dennis Waterman as Peter
- Patrick Mower as Harry Spenton
- David Lodge as Richard Johnson
- Maureen Lipman as Sarah
- Faith Brook as Dr. Sands
- Janina Faye as Susan
- Derek Fowlds as Geoffrey
- Colette O'Neil as Miss Waldron
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