Harrad Summer (1974)

Stanley, Harry, Sheila and Beth, four students from the 'free sex' Harrad College, spend the summer together to meet their families.

Director:

Steven Hilliard Stern

Writers:

Robert H. Rimmer (characters from novel), Mort Thaw (adaptation)

Stars:

Robert Reiser, Laurie Walters, Richard Doran

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Reiser	...	Stanley Kolasukas
Laurie Walters	...	Sheila Grove
Richard Doran	...	Harry Schacht
Victoria Thompson	...	Beth Hillyer
Emmaline Henry	...	Margaret Tonhausen
Bill Dana	...	Jack Schacht
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marty Allen	...	Bert Franklin
James Beach	...	Brad
Marjorie Bennett
Chuckie Bradley	...	Groupie
Walter Brooke	...	Sam Grove
Angela Clarke	...	Mrs. Kolasukas
Sherry E. DeBoer	...	Dee (as Sherry Miles)
Jane Lambert	...	Florence
Jodean Lawrence	...	Paula Schacht (as Jodean Russo)

Storyline

Stanley, Harry, Sheila and Beth have just finished their first year at Harrad College and have a special bond together. Harrad College isn't an ordinary school. The school conducts an experiment where students from different sex are put together in one room. Sexual freedom is encouraged. Now the summer break has arrived, the four have decided to spend the holidays together. They will visit an old friend of Beth and after that spend two weeks at the families of Stanley, Harry and Sheila. They have to fight against bias however. Not everyone is fond of Harrad College and some see it as only an easy way for the students to fulfill their feelings of lust. Will the relationships and beliefs of the four students hold up under the constant pressure?

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Plot Keywords:

college | swimming pool | summer vacation | shower | fancy restaurant | 

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Taglines:

*Encouraging liberated relations between coed students.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the welcome home scene, where "welcome" is purposely misspelled on the banner, the musician playing the Fender Rhodes is Doovid Barskin, at the time one of Capitol Records' A&R men. "We had to give him a part in the picture," producer Stevens quipped, "Otherwise he wouldn't release the soundtrack album.

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Connections

Follows The Harrad Experiment (1973)

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Soundtracks

Living At Peace With Myself
Words and Music by Patrick Williams (as Pat Williams)
Performed by Gene Redding
courtesy of Haven Records

User Reviews

A Throwback for turbulent times!

In these turbulent times, it's nice to go back to your youth. Long story short, if you want to look at a great piece of cinematic history that will take you back to the early 1970's, I recommend this, HARRAD EXPERIMENT and MASH!!!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love All Summer

Filming Locations:

3360 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema Arts Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 86 min (DVD) 101 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1