The Wild Angels (1966)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Roger Corman

Writer:

Charles B. Griffith (writer)
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Release Date:

20 July 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Their credo is violence...Their God is hate...and they call themselves 'The Wild Angels'

Plot:

Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser'...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Hell's Angels | Gang | Funeral | California

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Peter Fonda	...	Heavenly Blues
Nancy Sinatra	...	Mike
Bruce Dern	...	Loser
Diane Ladd	...	Gaysh
Buck Taylor	...	Dear John
Norman Alden	...	Medic
Michael J. Pollard	...	Pigmy
Lou Procopio	...	Joint
Joan Shawlee	...	Momma Monahan
Marc Cavell	...	Frankenstein
Coby Denton	...	Bull Puckey
Frank Maxwell	...	Preacher
Gayle Hunnicutt	...	Suzie
Gina Grant
Art Baker	...	Thomas
Dick Miller	...	Rigger
Kim Hamilton	...	Nurse
Hal Bokar
Jack Bernardi
Frank Gerstle	...	Hospital Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Bogdanovich	...	(uncredited)
Barboura Morris	...	Mother (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Corman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Bogdanovich		uncredited
Charles B. Griffith		writer

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	executive producer
Roger Corman	....	producer
Laurence Cruickshank	....	associate producer
James H. Nicholson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mike Curb
Davie Allan		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Richard Moore
Peter Bogdanovich		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Monte Hellman
Peter Bogdanovich		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Richard Beck-Meyer		(as Rick Beck-Meyer)

Art Direction by
Leon Ericksen

Costume Design by
Polly Platt		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Jack Obringer	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jack Bohrer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Rapp	....	assistant director

Stunts
Gary Littlejohn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Polly Platt	....	stunt double: Nancy Sinatra (uncredited)

Other crew
Peter Bogdanovich	....	assistant to director

Production Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP)

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astral Films (????) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Gloria (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Embassy Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (Italy) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Orion Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

All the Fallen Angels (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug-related material.

Runtime:

Germany:86 min | USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1973) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1990) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1992) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1973) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | West Germany:18 (f) | Netherlands:12 (2008) | UK:15 (video) (2008) (uncut) | UK:18 (video) (1993) (uncut) | UK:X (theatrical release) (1972) (cut) | Norway:18 (1971) | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Actress Laura Dern (daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd) was conceived during the movie shoot. Growing up, she sometimes showed people who asked about her parents a still of them in their biker outfits.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A nurse that is assaulted by a biker wearing wraparound sunglasses is asked to identify him by looking through a book of mugshots. She finds his mugshot and he's wearing the same wraparounds in the photo. No police department would ever allow someone to wear such a disguise while being photographed.

Quotes:

Mike: [cops are coming] Let's get out of here, Blues!
Heavenly Blues: There's nowhere to go.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wanderlust (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Last Ride

Great movie for a Biker wannabe in the Sixties.

I actually saw this flick the year it was released. At a drive in theater in 1966. I was fascinated by the biker culture in southern California and I thought this movie was an accurate representation of that sub-culture. Of course who knew Bruce Dern or Peter Fonda would go on to be actors of some reputation. The opening sequence with the kid on the tricycle and Blue on the chopper is unforgettable. I went out and bought the sound track and wore it out.Whatever happened to Davey Allen and the Arrows? The scene with the oil rig roughneck and Blue with his Iron Cross was classic So-Cal redneck bashing.I loved the bikes,I loved the scenery. Watched it again a few years ago on VHS and it seemed hokey and low budget. My two teenage sons thought it was a riot.