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The Wild Angels (1966)

 -  Drama | Action  -  20 July 1966 (USA)
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Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve ... See full summary »

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Mike 'Monkey'
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Joe 'Loser' Kearns
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Gaysh
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Dear John
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Medic
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Pigmy
Lou Procopio ...
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Momma Monahan
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Frank Maxwell ...
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Gayle Hunnicutt ...
Suzie
Gina Grant
Art Baker ...
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Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ends up in the hospital. When the Angels bust him out, he dies, and they bury him. Nancy Sinatra plays Mike, Blues' "old lady" and Diane Ladd plays Loser's wife (Dern's real-life wife at the time). The plot is basically a buildup to the last half-hour of the film in which Loser's funeral becomes another wild party. Written by alfiehitchie

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Their credo is violence... Their God is hate... See more »

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Drama | Action

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Rated R for drug-related material | See all certifications »
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20 July 1966 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

All the Fallen Angels  »

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Budget:

$360,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$6,500,000 (USA)
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(Pathécolor)

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2.35 : 1
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The Hells Angels brought a $5-million defamation lawsuit against Roger Corman for what they perceived as a negative portrayal of their image. See more »

Goofs

The last bike of the funeral procession has a flat rear tire. See more »

Quotes

Heavenly Blues: We wanna be free! We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. We wanna be free to ride. We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man! ... And we wanna get loaded. And we wanna have a good time. And that's what we are gonna do. We are gonna have a good time... We are gonna have a party.
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Featured in Film 2013: Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Theme from 'The Wild Angels'"
Written by Mike Curb
Performed by Davie Allan and The Arrows
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Fun Biker Flick
16 January 2001 | by (San Fransisco, CA) – See all my reviews

I love this movie. Although I can't see how the hell Peter Fonda was able to get acting roles back then, guess it's because of his dad. He was good in Easy Rider, but in this one and The Trip, what the hell was going on? I like the soundtrack too, Davie Allan and the Arrows rock! The film has a good story line and is thoroughly enjoyable. Bruce Dern is believable, though he plays a corpse that is dragged around over half the film, still. I haven't seen the DVD version, and don't want to. Movies like this are best enjoyed when they come on rarely late at night when likely no one will be watching. The same applies with:

Psych-Out, Savage Seven, The Trip, Hell's Angels on Wheels, Glory Stompers, Cycle Savages, Rebel Rousers, Wild in the Streets, Hell's Angels 69, Run Angel Run, etc.


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