Drama ·Thriller ·Music · United States of America · 1968 · 1h 41m

Psych-Out

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Director
Richard Rush
Cast
Susan Strasberg as Jennie Davis Dean Stockwell as Dave Jack Nicholson as Stoney Bruce Dern as Steve Davis Adam Roarke as Ben Max Julien as Elwood
Crew
László Kovács — Director of Photography Renn Reynolds — Editor Ronald Stein — Original Music Composer E. Hunter Willett — Screenplay Betty Ulius — Screenplay Norman T. Herman — Producer
Tagline

The Ultimate Head Trip

Synopsis

Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin' Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin' Jim's truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band's pursuit of success "playing games," but he agrees to help Jennie anyway.

Mood & Themes
runawaylsdhippie lifestylemarijuanarock bandbad trippsychedelic rockacid tripexploitation cinemastphippiesploitationhippie exploitation
Key Collaborators
Richard Rush Director László Kovács Director of Photography Renn Reynolds Editor Ronald Stein Original Music Composer E. Hunter Willett Screenplay Betty Ulius Screenplay Norman T. Herman Producer Dick Clark Producer
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