The Wild Ride

The Wild Ride
Directed by	Harvey Berman
Produced by	Harvey Berman (producer) Kinta Zertuche (executive producer)
Screenplay by	Ann Porter Marion Rothman
Story by	Burt Topper
Starring	Jack Nicholson Georgianna Carter Robert Bean
Cinematography	Taylor Sloan
Editing by	Monte Hellman William Mayer
Distributed by	The Filmgroup Inc.
Release date(s)	June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17)
Running time	59 minutes 88 minutes (producer's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Wild Ride is a 1960 American film directed by Harvey Berman and starring Jack Nicholson as a rebellious punk named Johnny, of the Beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. The film has become part of the public domain and is considered by some to be a cult classic.

Plot

Re-cut version

The Wild Ride was re-edited with new footage that makes the original film a long flashback sequence. Running 88 minutes and titled Velocity, the new scenes feature Jack Nicholson impersonator Joe Richards playing an older version of the character originally played by Nicholson, as well as performances by Jorge Garcia, Jason Sudeikis, and Dick Miller.

Cast

• Jack Nicholson as Johnny Varron
• Georgianna Carter as Nancy
• Robert Bean as Dave
• Carol Bigby as Joyce
• John Bologni as Barny
• Gary Espinosa as Cliff
• Judith Tresize as Ann
• Wesley Marie Tackitt
• Sydene Wallace
• Donna Dabney
• Garry Korpi
• Leonard Williams
• John Holden
• Raymond O'Day
• Carl Vicknair as Police Officer #1

External links

• The Wild Ride at the Internet Movie Database
• The Wild Ride is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
• Like Dreamsville's synopsis of the film, with photos and commentary [1]