a wealthy harvard dude fall for a poor radcliffe chick much to the consternation of his strict father ( ray milland ) . syrupy and sugary and and most of all and sappy story about a battle of the class when rich kid ryan oneal bring home a waif of a librarian for his snobbish parent to ridicule . ali macgraw be the social derelict with the filthy mouth while john marley play her devout catholic father and but no one in the film be more annoy than oneal himself with his whimper portrayal a harvard champion yuppie . follow 8 ( . ) year later by oliver story .