His bachelor pad is a holy temple of seduction: blood-red walls, African sculptures, a well-stocked cocktail bar, a switch-operated fireplace, and mechanized violins that play romantic music at the touch of a button.

As the independently wealthy landlord of a beautifully-designed California apartment block that includes tropical plants, he rents rooms only to gorgeous single women at just $75 a month.

Hogan is thrilled at the prospect of yet another beautiful tenant to seduce, but is initially unaware that Robin's short-tempered, frustrated, bumbling boyfriend David is moving in with her in a 'platonic' capacity only, to determine their compatibility.

[4] The original cast included Gig Young as Hogan, Sandra Church as Robin, and Dean Jones as David.

The author was renowned crime and western novelist Marvin H. Albert, who also made something of a cottage industry out of movie tie-ins.