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The Cycle Savages

  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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Bruce Dern, Maray Ayres, Randee Lynne Jensen, Casey Kasem, and Melody Patterson in The Cycle Savages (1969)
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The leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.The leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.The leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
393
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Bill Brame
  • Writer
    • Bill Brame
  • Stars
    • Bruce Dern
    • Melody Patterson
    • Chris Robinson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bill Brame
  • Writer
    • Bill Brame
  • Stars
    • Bruce Dern
    • Melody Patterson
    • Chris Robinson
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    • 20User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Bruce Dern and Maray Ayres in The Cycle Savages (1969)
    Bruce Dern, Randee Lynne Jensen, Casey Kasem, Melody Patterson, and Chris Robinson in The Cycle Savages (1969)

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    Bruce Dern
    Bruce Dern
    • Keegas Keeg
    Melody Patterson
    Melody Patterson
    • Leaas Lea
    Chris Robinson
    Chris Robinson
    • Romkoas Romko
    Maray Ayres
    Maray Ayres
    • Sandyas Sandy
    Karen Ciral
    • Janieas Janie
    Mick Mehas
    • Bobas Bob
    Jack Konzal
    • Bartenderas Bartender
    Walter Robles
    Walter Robles
    • Tomas Tom
    Joe McManus
    Jerry Taylor
    • Storekeeperas Storekeeper
    Denise Gilbert
    • The Little Girlas The Little Girl
    Daniel Gaffouri
    • Marvinas Marvin
    Anna Sugano
    • Motorcycle Girlas Motorcycle Girl
    Gary Littlejohn
    • Motorcycle Boyas Motorcycle Boy
    Ron Godwin
    • Walteras Walter
    Lee Chandler
    • Dougas Doug
    Marjorie Dayne
    • Motorcycle Girlas Motorcycle Girl
    Lydia Banks
    • Director
      • Bill Brame
    • Writer
      • Bill Brame
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    Storyline

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    The leader of a biker gang takes exception to an artist sketching them, so he makes plans to crush the artist's hands.
    • psychotronic film
    • outlaw biker
    • bikersploitation film
    • exploitation film
    • grindhouse film
    • 6 more
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    • Taglines
      • The WILDEST Bunch of the '70s!!!
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • R
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The movie was co-produced by record exec Mike Curb and world-famous deejay Casey Kasem. Curb later became the Lieutenant Governor of California.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kain's Quest: On Deadly Ground (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Cycle Savage (Main Theme)
      Written by Jerry Styner

      Performed by Cycle-Mates

    User reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    Cool 1960s biker movie with Bruce Dern at his sleaziest best as a psycho biker white slave trader!
    'The Cycle Savages' is 60s biker exploitation trash par excellence! Future 'Bold And The Beautiful' soap star Chris Robinson plays Romko, a nice guy artist. Cult legend Bruce Dern ('The Wild Angels', 'Silent Running', 'The Trip', 'Psych-Out') plays Keeg, a sadistic noogoodnik biker type. Keeg takes offense at Romko sketching him and his fellow bikers and roughs the guy up. Becoming obsessed he declares he will destroy Romko's hands if he ever catches him drawing again. Romko recuperates from his injuries with the help of nice girl Lea (Melody Patterson, who sent many a pre-pubescent boy's heart a flutter when she played Wrangler Jane in 'F-Troop'). Meanwhile Keeg and the boys carry on with what comes naturally - enticing local high school girls to their pad, dosing them with acid, gang raping them, and passing them on to his pimp brother (played by DJ Casey Kasem, who also co-produced!). Romko begins to fall in love with Lea not realizing that she is being intimidated by Keeg into spying on him. Remember just one more sketch and it's bye-bye to his hands! 'The Cycle Savages' is a cut above similarly trashy biker exploitation movies from this period (e.g. 'Hells Angels On Wheels', 'The Rebel Rousers') because of the memorable performance by Bruce Dern, one of the nastiest of his whole career! If like me you can't get enough of vintage Dern action then 'The Cycle Savages' is a must see! On top of that, Melody Patterson is easy on the eye (and has some very subtle nude scenes which sadly reveal virtually nothing), and there is a goofy fuzz guitar driven score that sounds like some old square geezer pretending (unsuccessfully!) to be Davie Allen. Great stuff!
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    • Dec 9, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1972 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Portrait of Violence
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood Stage - 2815 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Maurice Smith Productions
      • Maurice Smith-Ray Dorn Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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