Guess What We Learned in School Today?
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John G. Avildsen
Richard Carballo
Devin Goldenberg
Zachary Haines
Jane Macleod
Yvonne Mccall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Dr. Lily Whitehorn, head of the Institute for Interpersonal Relations, attempts to initiate a sex education course in the high school of a middle-class suburb, but she is thwarted by the conservative members of the community. Among the staunchest protestors are Roger Manley, a homosexual-hating vice-squad lieutenant, who believes that sex education is a communist conspiracy to undermine the moral backbone of the nation, and Lance Battle, an alcoholic, sexually impotent ex-Marine colonel, who lives in a World War II fantasy. The men's frustrated wives, however, are far more sympathetic to Dr. Whitehorn's crusade; following a morning of sipping coffee and smoking marijuana, Eve Manley asserts her own liberated sexuality by coercing Rita Battle into a lesbian affair. Later Eve volunteers herself as a sex partner for the Battles' 17-year-old son, Robbie. As Lance watches Eve and Robbie make love, he becomes so stimulated that he overcomes his impotence; and Robbie, having been initiated into the pleasures of sex, turns his attention to Lydia, Dr. Whitehorn's pretty assistant. Lydia invites everyone to the institute for nude swimming, and Roger takes it upon himself to save Robbie's endangered morals. As he peeks through the trees at his uninhibited friends, Roger is horrified to find himself sexually attracted to Robbie. He rushes off to hang himself but is cut down by Billie, a black prostitute who once satisfied his sexual desires. After proving that he is not a woman but a detective in disguise, Billie arrests Roger for homosexual soliciting and dereliction of duty. Finally acknowledging that they are more in need of sex education than their children, the adults sign up for Dr. Whitehorn's course. As a final irony, Dr. Whitehorn confesses that she has no sex life but intends to remedy the situation as soon as possible.
Director
John G. Avildsen
Cast
Richard Carballo
Devin Goldenberg
Zachary Haines
Jane Macleod
Yvonne Mccall
Rosella Olsen
Stanton Edgehill
Diane Moore
Larry Evers
Iris Brooks
Jean David
Brett Morrison
Robert Emerick
Daphne Gil
George Pollack
Elizabeth Grusky
Andrew Kay
Natalie Rogers
Margaret Steele
Tim Lewis
Bradley Price
Gene Price
Judy Price
Philip Price
Jan Saint
Lou Stanishia
Ches Turner
Sandra Wolf
Catherine Avildsen
Crew
John G. Avildsen
John G. Avildsen
John G. Avildsen
Moose Charlap
James V. Clarke
Jack Cooley
Christopher C. Dewey
Dennis Friedland
David Gil
Joan Andre Gil
Michael Scott Goldbaum
Arthur Littman
Harper Mackay
Harper Mackay
Eugene Price
Eugene Price
Sandy Stewart
Zacks And Perrier
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Opening titles are spoken, with no accompanying text, by the director's daughter Katherine Avildsen. Closing titles lists a fake credit: "Training Film #IF92 by the Institute for Interpersonal Relations; Croton, N.Y."
Notes
Filmed on location in New York. Also known as Guess What!?! and I Ain't No Buffalo.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States 1970
