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The Love-Ins

  • 1967
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
251
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The Love-Ins (1967)
Drama

A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."

  • Director
    • Arthur Dreifuss
  • Writers
    • Hal Collins
    • Arthur Dreifuss
  • Stars
    • Richard Todd
    • James MacArthur
    • Susan Oliver
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    251
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Arthur Dreifuss
    • Writers
      • Hal Collins
      • Arthur Dreifuss
    • Stars
      • Richard Todd
      • James MacArthur
      • Susan Oliver
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Richard Todd
    Richard Todd
    • Dr. Jonathan Barnett
    James MacArthur
    James MacArthur
    • Larry Osborne
    Susan Oliver
    Susan Oliver
    • Patricia Cross
    Mark Goddard
    Mark Goddard
    • Elliott
    Carol Booth
    • Harriet
    Marc Cavell
    Marc Cavell
    • Mario
    Janee Michelle
    • Lamelle
    • (as Janeé Michelle)
    Ronnie Eckstine
    • Bobby
    Michael Evans
    Michael Evans
    • Rev. Spencer
    Hortense Petra
    • Mrs. Sacaccio
    Jimmy Lloyd
    Jimmy Lloyd
    • Mr. Henning
    • (as James Lloyd)
    Mario Roccuzzo
    Mario Roccuzzo
    • Hippie on LSD
    The Chocolate Watchband
    • The Chocolate Watchband
    The U.F.O.'s
    • The U.F.O.'s
    The New Age
    • The New Age
    Joe Pyne
    • Joe Pyne
    Donnie Brooks
    Donnie Brooks
    • Specialty Act
    Mel Novak
    • Intern Smith
    • Director
      • Arthur Dreifuss
    • Writers
      • Hal Collins
      • Arthur Dreifuss
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    • Trivia
      The term "love-in" was one of many co-optings of Timothy Leary's famous mantra "Tune in, turn on, drop out", which gave rise to the original San Francisco "be-in" gatherings of 1967, a pun on the word "being". Another example is a "sit-in" protest, or John Lennon and Yoko Ono's public "lie-ins" from their hotel beds.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jonathan Barnett: You know, when I heard Larry use the words "a friend", "someone who understands you", I didn't realize he was introducing me. I was expecting to see the Chief of Police. Not that I'm putting down the Establishment, I wouldn't do that for the world. After all, do they tell us what we should believe? No, of course not. I'd even go on record and say they don't care what your beliefs are - providing they don't conflict with theirs.

      Dr. Jonathan Barnett: [he continues] And yet, we of the Western world are supposed to be free people. Free to live as we want; free to love as we want; free to dress as we want. But are we given these freedoms? No, of course not. Society wants us to conform to a pattern which would make us all become vegetable. We must not let this happen. We must not conform. And we will definitely not become vegetable!

      Dr. Jonathan Barnett: [he continues] The Establishment has left us a world full of strife, prejudice and avarice, not unlike the Roman Empire before its decline. Yet all the legions of Tiberius, Caligula and Nero could not still the ringing truths of the underground voice of those great dissenters, the early Christians. Nor could the voices of Moses, Buddha or Muhammad be stilled, so be it. And we shall not be stilled. We shall not be stilled, for we know the answer. We know that, with the world the way it is in today, we must love. We must share. We must not harbor any bitterness nor practice any violence. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt love they neighbor.

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      Referenced in Kain's Quest: On Deadly Ground (2016)

    User reviews8

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    1/10
    Drop In, Turn On, Tune Out
    Hip professor Richard Todd (as Jonathan Barnett) resigns from his university, protesting the expulsion of implausible hippies James MacArthur (as Larry Osborne) and Susan Oliver (as Patricia Cross). Mr. MacArthur and Ms. Oliver publish an "underground" newspaper. Mr. Todd believes defending the publication of their "Tomorrow's Times" is a freedom of speech issue; but, his college administration terms it a "pornographic rag". After advocating LSD use on Joe Pyne's TV show, Todd is evicted from his apartment. Jobless and homeless, Todd moves into MacArthur and Oliver's San Francisco pad. There, he becomes a Timothy Leary-type hero. Mark Goddard (as Elliott) plays a dealer who can take you really far out.

    Counterculture garbage from producer Sam Katzman and director Arthur Dreifuss.

    Bad trip, man.

    Bummer.

    * The Love-Ins (1967) Arthur Dreifuss ~ Richard Todd, James MacArthur, Susan Oliver
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    • Jul 12, 2008

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ラブイン
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Four Leaf Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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