Wild in the Streets
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Wild in the Streets

1968 · 94 min · ★ 5.8 · Dir. Barry Shear

If you're thirty, you're through!

Striking a zeitgeist nerve, Wild in the Streets stars Christopher Jones (Ryan's Daughter) as Max Frost, rock singer and poster boy for the counterculture revolution of the '60s. While performing with his band, The Troopers, at a political rally for Senate candidate Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild), Max seizes the opportunity to spout his own political philosophies which include, among other things, that the voting age should be lowered to 14. And thus begins the tale of Max's meteoric rise. But as he moves further and further into uncharted waters, first as a voice for the youth movement (or is he just a mouthpiece for opportunist politicians?) and then as a nominee for President of the United States, Max will not bend to the will of the old guard. Instead he begins implementing his own ideas of what would make a better world, including re-education camps for those over the age of 35 along with a liberal dosing of LSD.

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Starring

Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
Mrs. Daphne Flatow
Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones
Max Jacob 'Frost' Flatow Jr.
Diane Varsi
Diane Varsi
Sally LeRoy
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Sen. Johnny Fergus
Millie Perkins
Millie Perkins
Mary 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, Abraham
Michael Margotta
Michael Margotta
Jimmy Fergus
Ed Begley
Ed Begley
Sen. Allbright
Army Archerd
Army Archerd
Kenneth Banghart
Melvin Belli
Melvin Belli
Gary Busey
Gary Busey
Concert Attendee
Dick Clark
Dick Clark
TV Newscaster
Paul Frees
Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)
Harley Hatcher
Max Frost (singing voice)

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