Star Spangled Girl (1971): Cast & Plot

In a sunlit Los Angeles neighborhood, Tony Roberts plays Andy Hobart, a resourceful but restless editor who fights to keep his two-man radical underground newspaper, the Nitty Gritty, afloat. He resorts to stealing food from the supermarket and lifting laundry from the dry cleaners, all while fending off creditors—especially his landlady, Elizabeth Allen (Mrs. MacKaninee)—and their printer, Mr. Karlson, Art Lewis. To appease his landlady, he agrees to join her on motorcycling, waterskiing, and surfing. He shares a bungalow with Norman Cornell, Todd Susman, a talented but nerdy writer who pens the entire paper.