Adam at Six A.M. (1970)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Writers:

Elinor Karpf (writer)
Steven Karpf (writer)

Release Date:

22 September 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The world changed for "Adam at 6 A.M."

Plot:

A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri...

Plot Keywords:

Summer | Missouri | Professor | Funeral | Farm

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Adam Gaines
Lee Purcell	...	Jerri Jo Hopper
Joe Don Baker	...	Harvey Gavin
Louise Latham	...	Mrs. Hopper
Charles Aidman	...	Mr. Hopper
Grayson Hall	...	Inez Treadly
Marge Redmond	...	Cleo
Dana Elcar	...	Van Treadly
Ed Call	...	Orville
Carolyn Conwell	...	Mavis
Butch Youngblood	...	Elwood
Greg Joseph	...	Ed
Timothy Blake	...	Girl at Party
Richard Derr	...	Mr. Gaines
Pat Randall	...	Pearlie

Also Known As:

Adam at 6 A.M. (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and brief nudity. (2004 re-rating)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:GP (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2004)

Filming Locations:

Cameron, Missouri, USA

Company:

Cinema Center Films

Pretty good coming of age film

Michael Douglas plays a young semantics professor who has several close lady friends. I believe the film takes place in California. It has a definite hippie-era vibe. The soundtrack is kind of country-sounding, and it makes you wish they'd spent a little cash on getting some popular rock musicians to do the score. No real original music to keep the film "fresh-feeling". I've seen a dozen better films from this era about similar subject matter. Nicholson was in about five or so of them. Douglas always has a p***ed off look on his face in this movie. But I still enjoy almost every MD film I watch. He's just not Jack Nicholson. Then again, who is? Except Mr.Ray-Bans himself.