* DawsonCasting: Twenty-four year-old Creator/AnnMargret as seventeen year-old Jody. Ron (twenty-eight year-old Creator/PeterBrown) and Buck (thirty-two year-old Creator/SkipWard) were implied to be not much older than Jody.
* PlayingAgainstType: Although Ann-Margret had played slight ''femme fatale'' roles before, this was quite a departure for her, and she later theorized it may have impacted her career.
* ScienceMarchesOn: Jody is described here as merely [[FairForItsDay "troubled."]] Today, she would've been diagnosed as bi-polar and been described as a danger to herself and others.
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