Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)

Director:

Richard Rush

Writer:

R. Wright Campbell (screenplay)

Release Date:

June 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The shattering true story of the Hells Angels of Northern California

Plot:

At first gas station attendant Poet is happy when the rockers gang "Hell's Angels" finally accepts him...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Gas Station | Gas Station Attendant | Sailor | Ruins

Cast

Adam Roarke	...	Buddy
Jack Nicholson	...	Poet
Sabrina Scharf	...	Shill
Jana Taylor	...	Abigale
Richard Anders	...	Bull
John Garwood	...	Jocko
I.J. Jefferson	...	Pearl
James Oliver	...	Darrell 'Gypsy' Whitman
Jack Starrett	...	Sgt. Bingham
Bruno VeSota	...	Episcopal Priest (as Bruno Vesota)
Bob Kelljan	...	Artist (as Robert Kelljan)
Kathryn Harrow	...	Lori
John 'Bud' Cardos		(as Bud Cardos)
Tex Hall
Gary Littlejohn	...	Moley

Runtime:

95 min | Australia:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:R (1967-1977) | USA:X (re-rating) (1977) | Iceland:16 | USA:Approved | West Germany:18 | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1968) | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fanfare Films

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Camera operator shadow visible when Poet tosses a Madcap into the toilet in the girl's bathroom during the bar fight.

Quotes:

Poet: [to Buddy] I don't need you! I don't need your jacket! I'm not part of your private army!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Monkees: Monkees Race Again (#2.21)" (1968)

Soundtrack:

Study in Motion #1

Hell's Angels On Wheels(1967)

This has to rate as the third best biker film of the 1960s behind Easy Rider and The Wild Angels. As bad as the script is, it's clear that Jack Nicholson as Poet, an angry gas-pump jockey who joins the Hell's Angels is a star in the making.

The opening scene alone is worth seeing for any biker-film buff, as over 1,000 Hell's Angels on blazing choppers led by their leader Ralph "Sonny" Barger come rumbling down the California highway.

With a supporting cast of Adam Rourke(of Hell's Belles fame) & Easy Riders' Sabrina Scharf, along with "B" movie legend Jack Starrett as a tough-talking state trooper,the movie captures the "wild" days of the 1960s Hells Angels Motorcycle gang. The movie even has a "surprise" ending. With bikers, bikes, booze, and brawls, who could ask for anything else in a better than average "B" film?