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Wild in the Streets

  • 1968
  • R
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Wild in the Streets (1968)
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A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.

  • Director
    • Barry Shear
  • Writer
    • Robert Thom
  • Stars
    • Christopher Jones
    • Shelley Winters
    • Diane Varsi
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    2.3K
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    • Director
      • Barry Shear
    • Writer
      • Robert Thom
    • Stars
      • Christopher Jones
      • Shelley Winters
      • Diane Varsi
    • 65User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Christopher Jones
    Christopher Jones
    • Max (Flatow) Frost
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
    Diane Varsi
    Diane Varsi
    • Sally LeRoy
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Senator Fergus
    Millie Perkins
    Millie Perkins
    • Mrs. Fergus
    Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    • Stanley X
    Bert Freed
    Bert Freed
    • Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    • Billy Cage
    Larry Bishop
    Larry Bishop
    • The Hook
    May Ishihara
    • Fuji Elly
    Salli Sachse
    Salli Sachse
    • Hippie Mother
    Kellie Flanagan
    • Mary Fergus
    Don Wyndham
    Don Wyndham
    • Joseph Fergus
    Michael Margotta
    Michael Margotta
    • Jimmy Fergus
    Ed Begley
    Ed Begley
    • Senator Amos Allbright
    Martin Abrahams
    Martin Abrahams
    • Security Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Army Archerd
    Army Archerd
    • Army Archerd
    • (uncredited)
    Kenneth Banghart
    • Kenneth Banghart
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Barry Shear
    • Writer
      • Robert Thom
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    • Trivia
      Max Frost (Christopher Jones) asks Billy Cage (Kevin Coughlin) how long he thinks he is going to live and he replies, "Thirty, man." Coughlin was killed in a hit-and-run accident on January 19, 1976, only five weeks after his 30th birthday.
    • Goofs
      When Jimmy Fergus meets his father, Senator Johnny Fergus, he says "...and when that special water comes in...". The decision to spike the Washington, D.C. drinking water supply with LSD was made in the scene following this one during Max's War Council, so this scene with Jimmy and his father was edited out of sync.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Boy: [facing toward the camera and the audience and breaking the fourth wall] We're gonna put everyone over 10 out of business!

    • Connections
      Featured in Brady Bunch Home Movies (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      The Shape of Things to Come
      Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

    User reviews65

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    6/10

    This Film is A Time Warp Back to the 1960's.

    This film is a time warp of Los Angeles and the Sunset Strip in the 1960's. At first sigthing on the FLIX Channel I thought the actor was James Dean. Uncanny resemblance.

    Richard Pryor as the drummer in a rock band getting high on LSD with topless white chicks must of been mind blowing for teenagers then. I missed this film totally in 1968. My parents probably made sure of it.

    To see Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd, and the greatest lawyer in the nation at that time, Melvin Belli, playing themselves in a film with a whacked out Shelly Winters was just amazing.

    The real night time Sunset Strip cruising footage of 1968 was really "far-out man".
    • epl
    • Mar 9, 2006
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    • Release date
      • May 29, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Day it Happened, Baby
    • Filming locations
      • Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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