Talbot-Martin as Matron Emerson Treacy as Professor Janice Trotter as Student Irene Vernon as Matron Ernestine Wade as Judge Carter's Maid H.E. West in bit role Production Development High Time was scripted by Garson Kanin, Frank Waldman and Tom Waldman. It was originally titled "Big Daddy", with the starring role to be played by Gary Cooper. When Cooper's terminal illness forced him to turn down the role, Bing Crosby was signed as lead, and the script was revised to his requirements. The movie was known as Daddy-O before being changed to High Time. Simone Signoret was once announced for the female lead. It was Fabian's second film. Shooting Filming started 2 February 1960. The movie was shot in Los Angeles at UCLA and in Stockton, California at Stockton Junior High School, Amos Alonzo Stagg Senior High School and other locations. It was originally intended to be filmed at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, but shortly before shooting was to begin, the school was informed that filming had been moved to California. As a concession to disappointed students, faculty and alumni, many of the landmarks of Wake Forest University (such as "Bostwick Dormitory", then a women's residence hall) are mentioned in the script. Filming was interrupted by the strike of the Screen Actors Guild on 7 March. Fabian's manager was reported as wanting to buy the film so it could be completed. "Now I've heard everything," wrote Hedda Hopper. "Fabian, who admits he can't sing and is perfectly honest about it, has been in our business a little more than a year." The strike ended and filming resumed on 12 April. Fabian later called Bing Crosby "a great artist, a great actor, and a great musical person" but "not a nice man.” Richard Beymer began a romantic relationship with Tuesday Weld during filming. Music The film introduced the song "The Second Time Around". It was the last song Bing Crosby introduced that would be nominated for an Oscar for Best Song. The song became a hit single for Frank Sinatra, and would later be recorded by a number of artists, including Barbra Streisand for "The Movie Album" (2003). The title song, "High Time," was adopted in 1961 as the opening theme music for Mr. Peppermint, a long-running children's show in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Soundtrack "High Time" (Henry Mancini) - music only "The Second Time Around" - sung by