Roger Vadim directed the film, and Gene Roddenberry produced and wrote the screenplay based on a 1968 novel by Francis Pollini.

Michael "Tiger" McDrew is the high school's football coach and guidance counselor who has frequent sexual encounters with several female students.

In class, Ponce develops a crush on substitute teacher Miss Smith as he presents his report on John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Later, Tiger talks to Miss Smith and recommends that she teach Ponce to build confidence, telling her he's impotent.

Ponce flees into the closet, but Miss Smith convinces him to emerge and then tells him that she knows about his sexual problem and would like to help him with it.

Following Tiger's suggestion, Ponce revisits Miss Smith and gives her a liquor-filled chocolate duck as a gift.

After Tiger's memorial service, a much more confident Ponce flirts with several female students, taking one for a ride on his motorcycle.

[3] Producer Jay Weston and director James B. Harris originally optioned the novel and assigned William Hanley to write the script.

[10] Brigitte Bardot was offered the female lead but was busy with a prior commitment, and Angie Dickinson played the role.

[8] The cast included eight young female newcomers, the "pretty maids": Brenda Sykes, Joy Bang, Gretchen Burrell, Joanna Cameron, Aimée Eccles, June Fairchild, Margaret Markov and Diane Sherry.

This article included a nine-page pictorial of actresses Angie Dickinson, Gretchen Burrell, Aimee Eccles, Margaret Markov, Playboy bunny Joyce Williams and others.

The film was poorly received by most critics, with Roger Ebert calling it "embarrassing"[14] and Ken Hanke of Mountain Xpress remarking: "In 1971 this was pretty daring and trendy.