Tish Gray, a California hippie, is introduced to Suzanne and Jay Wilcox, a wealthy Beverly Hills couple who are unable to have a child. They offer Tish a considerable sum of money if she will conceive and bear a child by Jay. Tish, who enjoys being pregnant, agrees to the scheme, and she and Jay go to his cabin in the mountains; shortly after returning to Los Angeles, Tish learns that she is pregnant. Suzanne, who is eager to have the child, makes Tish promise to give up her hippie way of life and the use of drugs. Tension begins to mount between Tish and her boyfriend, Tad Jacks, and after an argument she leaves him and moves into the Wilcox home. Although the household seems peaceful, Jay's feelings for Tish grow stronger while Tish becomes resentful of Tad's infidelity and has doubts about giving up the child to a middle-class family. Furthermore, she is berated by her friend Charlotte for accepting such a lifestyle, but their friendship resumes when Tish agrees to go to a demonstration against war toys. When Tish bears the long-awaited child, the Wilcoxes pay her the balance of the money, take the child, and bid her farewell.

Director:
James Bridges	Director
Howard W. Koch Jr.	Assistant Director
Joe Ellis	Assistant Director
Cast:
Barbara Hershey	as Tish Gray
Collin Wilcox-Horne	as Suzanne Wilcox
Sam Groom	as Jay Wilcox
Scott Glenn	as Tad Jacks
Jeannie Berlin	as Charlotte
Lili Valenty	as Mrs. Culnick
Helena Kallianiotes	as Wanda
Jeff Siggins	as Dexter
Phyllis Coates	as Tish's mother
Madge Kennedy	as Tish's grandmother
Ray Hemphill	as Toystore killer
Paul Linke	as Sam
Brenda Sykes	as Frances
Geoffrey Horne	as Jimmy
Charles Wagenheim	as Toystore owner
Bob Ennis	as Exotica
Mimi Doyle	as Woman clerk
Patty Dietz	as Nurse
Pat Hedruck	as Childbirth instructress
Robert Pickett	as Dr. Sims
Jeffrey Perkins	as The Single Wing Turquoise Bird Light Show
Cinematography:
Charles Rosher Jr.	Director of Photography
Bob Byrne	Camera Operator
Matthew F. Leonetti	Assistant Camera
Ken Hale	Assistant Camera
Writer:
James Bridges	Screenwriter
Producer:
Richard Goldstone	Producer
Editing:
Walter Thompson	Film Editor
John Hanley	Film Editor
Music:
Fred Karlin	Music
Tylwyth Kymry	Composer
Fred Karlin	Composer
Diana Gibson	Composer
Art Director:
Mort Rabinowitz	Art Director
Visual Effects:
Thol O. Simonson	Special Effects
Make-Up:
Wes Dawn	Makeup
Maryce Bates	Hairstyles
Costume-Wardrobe:
Robert Richards	Wardrobe
Art Department:
Raymond Paul	Set Decoration
Francis M. Noden	Set Decoration
William B. Major	Sketch artist
Sound:
Larry Jost	Sound
Clint Althouse	Boom Operator
Production Companies:
Robert Wise	Company
Film Production - Main:
Herbert Willis	Production Manager
Michael Preece	Script Supervisor
Myrtle Von Stein	Prod secy
Jean Merrick	Prod secy
Irwin V. Frankel	Technical Advisor
Pat Hedruck	Technical Advisor
Geoffrey Horne	Dial coach
Floyd McCarty	Stills
Pat Blyner	Gaffer

Location scenes filmed in Los Angeles.

Released in United States October 1970 (New York City)

Released in United States December 14, 1988

Released in United States on Video December 14, 1988

Nominated for the 1970 Academy Award for Best Music-Original Song Score (Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry).

Released in United States December 14, 1988

Released in United States Fall October 1970

Released in United States October 1970

Released in United States on Video December 14, 1988

Directorial debut for James Bridges.

c Technicolor

rtg MPAA R

Released in United States Fall October 1970

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