Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)

A police captain (Aldo Ray) is caught between businesses operating on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip who don't like the punks hanging out, and his belief in allowing the kids their rights. ... See full summary »

Director:

Arthur Dreifuss

Writer:

Orville H. Hampton

Stars:

Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer, Michael Evans

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aldo Ray	...	Lieutenant Walt Lorimer
Mimsy Farmer	...	Andy
Michael Evans	...	Sergeant Tweedy
Laurie Mock	...	Liz-Ann
Tim Rooney	...	Grady
Bill Baldwin	...	Stokes, Reporter
Anna Strasberg	...	Helen Tweedy (as Anna Mizrahi)
Hortense Petra	...	Marge
Schuyler Haydn	...	Herby
Gene Kirkwood	...	Flip
Pat Renella	...	Perry
Forrest Lewis	...	Aynsley
George E. Carey	...	Arnow (as George Carey)
John Hart	...	Pritchard
Dick Winslow	...	Curtis

Storyline

A police captain (Aldo Ray) is caught between businesses operating on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip who don't like the punks hanging out, and his belief in allowing the kids their rights. But when his daughter (Mimsy Farmer) gets involved with an unruly bunch, his attitude starts to change.

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Plot Keywords:

gang rape | summer of love | rock | independent film

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Taglines:

The most shocking film of our generation!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Infierno en Sunset Street

Filming Locations:

The Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four-Leaf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed and released within six weeks of the actual teenage rioting occurring on the Los Angeles, California, Sunset Strip in December, 1966.

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Get Away from Here"
Performed by The Standells

User Reviews

Classic Hippy Freak-Out movie from AIP

Hard to find but worth the search! This movie was filmed in 1967 and could easily have been made by Dragnet's own Jack Webb. The over-the-top hippiness of this movie is what makes it a classic. If you have ever seen hippy episodes of Dragnet, this is the same scene, man. The Chocolate Watchband perform as does The Standells. Its nice to see these 1960s bands performing live in a set that probably resembles what it was like to see them live back then. The klead singer of the Chocolate watchband sings with two maracas in each hand and emits a strange Jim Morrison vibe in his half-shouting way of singing and his stage movements. Who influenced who, I wonder? The kids hang out at a club called "Pandora's Box" and some dance, some read and others are just there into their own trips. Mimsy Farmer plays Andy, a fresh face on the strip who is led down the road to perdition with a sugar cube of LSD slipped into her drink at a "freak-out". Mimsy had just finished work as Gloria the bad boys gal on "Hot Rods To Hell" the same year. She will seem vaguely familiar as she bears an uncanny resemblance in some light to Meredith McRae back in her "Petticoat Junction" days. Mimsy is slipped drugs and the obligatory trip scene in this movie is one in which she rolls around the floor in a minidress and performs what amounts to a weird interpretive dance which I am sure was filled with profound meaning in 1967 but is rather lost on me. The men wear Sonny Bono caveman vests, the women wear bright neon miniskirts. If this is your bag, baby, definately try to find this movie.