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Overview

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4.8/10   780 votes
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Director:
Richard Rush
Writer:
R. Wright Campbell (screenplay)
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Release Date:
June 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The shattering true story of the Hells Angels of Northern California more
Plot:
At first gas station attendant Poet is happy when the rockers gang "Hell's Angels" finally accepts him... more | add synopsis
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DVD: Review: Getting Straight
 (From The AV Club. 3 February 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)

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Above average b-grade biker exploitation. more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Adam Roarke ... Buddy

Jack Nicholson ... Poet
Sabrina Scharf ... Shill
Jana Taylor ... Abigale
Richard Anders ... Bull

John Garwood ... Jocko
I.J. Jefferson ... Pearl
James Oliver ... Darrell 'Gypsy' Whitman
Jack Starrett ... Sgt. Bingham
Bruno VeSota ... Episcopal Priest (as Bruno Vesota)
Bob Kelljan ... Artist (as Robert Kelljan)
Kathryn Harrow ... Lori
John 'Bud' Cardos (as Bud Cardos)
Tex Hall
Gary Littlejohn ... Moley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min | Australia:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:R (1967-1977) | USA:X (re-rating) (1977) | Iceland:16 | USA:Approved | West Germany:18 | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1968) | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16
Company:
Fanfare Films more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious dummy when Buddy's bike explodes. more
Quotes:
Poet: [to Buddy] I don't need you! I don't need your jacket! I'm not part of your private army! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Wanderlust (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Study in Motion #1 more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Above average b-grade biker exploitation., 30 September 2002
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

'Hells Angels on Wheels' is a surprisingly tough and entertaining b-grade 60s biker movie. Jack Nicholson plays a gas attendant named Poet who becomes involved with some Hells Angels. Their leader Buddy (Adam Roarke) takes a shine to Poet, and Poet is attracted to Buddy's old lady Shill (Sabrina Scharf). Nicholson went on to movie superstardom, Roarke to cult status and an untimely death, and Scharf a bit part in 'Easy Rider' and then a career in politics. Most people will probably watch this to get some cheap laughs out of early Nicholson. He is actually pretty good here, better than the material deserves, but the real star performance in the movie is from the seriously underrated Roarke. Roarke was often the best thing about the sometimes awful movies he had to appear in (see 'Dirty Mary Crazy Larry' for example), and he exudes charisma and intelligence here. Director Richard Rush obviously valued him, as he reteamed him with Nicholson in the hilarious 'Psych-Out' and even gave him a small role in his masterpiece 'The Stunt Man'. 'Hells Angels on Wheels' obviously isn't anywhere near as good as the latter, but it is much better than you'd expect and definitely worth tracking down.

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