The People Next Door

This CBS Playhouse Special examines some of the drastic and tragic consequences of the misunderstanding, lack of communication and distrust associated with the generation gap. Tells of two families facing an ordeal involving one daughter who freaks out on LSD, her brother whose hippie appearance causes animosity and distrust from his father and the boy next door whose apparent responsibility actually disguises his role as a drug pusher. The girl's eventual commitment to a mental institution exemplifies the tragic results of misusing dangerous drugs, such as LSD.

Arthur and Gerrie Mason struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter, Maxie, from having led into a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward. Maxie's parents are trying to save their daughter from having a drug addiction.