Frank Alesia Aldo Ray Mimsy Farmer Michael Evans Anna Strasberg Tim Rooney
Cinematography
Paul C. Vogel
Edited by
Ben Lewis
Music by
Fred Karger
Distributed by
American International Pictures
Release date
March 1, 1967 (1967-03-01)
Running time
87 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$1,200,000 (US/ Canada)[1]
Riot on Sunset Strip is a 1967 counterculture-era exploitation movie, released by American International Pictures. It was filmed and released within four months of the late-1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots.[2]
The film stars Frank Alesia, Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer, Michael Evans, Anna Strasberg, Laurie Mock, Gene Kirkwood, Tim Rooney, and features musical appearances by The Standells and The Chocolate Watch Band. Earlier that year, Farmer, Mock and Kirkwood appeared in Hot Rods to Hell, where Farmer portrayed the bad girl and Mock a vulnerable virgin. In this film, they switched characters.
The film attempts to capture the essence of the period around the Sunset Strip riot, and also adds a subplot that revolves around a young girl's troubled relationship with her divorced parents. Her dosage with LSD by a would-be seducer, the subsequent 'acid trip' she experiences, and her later discovery by a police sergeant as the victim of gang rape, are among the movie's peak moments.
The film is now available on DVD through the MGM Limited Edition Collection.
^"Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. These figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
^Clifford, Terry. (May 8, 1967). "'Riot' Takes Superficial Look at LSD Parties". Chicago Tribune. p. b8.
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