Mrs. Call requires surgery in Los Angeles and is accompanied there by her young companion Tammy, a country girl from Mississippi, who later lands a job with the hospital staff. Tammy is attracted to handsome Dr. Mark Cheswick, whose superior, Dr. Bentley, and head nurse Rachel Coleman aren't sure that romance is a good idea.
The film was announced in December 1961 as Tammy Takes Over'. Dee made it after another film for Hunter, If a Man Answers.[4]
Ross Hunter liked to develop new talent and the movie features 23 actors who had never made a film before.[5] Among them was Peter Fonda, who had enjoyed critical acclaim for his performance in Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole. Hunter signed Peter Fonda to a seven years contract.[6]Filmink magazine argued Fonda at this stage of his career was "a sort of poor man’s James Stewart – tall, gangly, boy next door, virginal looks, etc. (And Stewart was, famously, best friends with Fonda’s father, Henry)."[7]
References
^"Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
^"FILMLAND EVENTS: Nick Adams Signs New Picture Deal" Los Angeles Times 29 Dec 1961: 20.
^"Looking at Hollywood: Ross Hunter Gives New Actors Chance" Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 26 June 1962: a1.
^"FILMMAKER TALKS ABOUT 5 PROJECTS: Hunter, Here in Visit, Tells of MacDonald-Eddy Plan 'Tammy Takes Over' Is Next Joanne Woodward to Star British Film Opens Today 7 Vie for Golden Laurel Albert Lamorisse Visits" By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times 16 May 1962: 33.
