The Harrad Experiment
| The Harrad Experiment | |
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| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Written by | Novel: Robert H. Rimmer Screenplay: Michael Werner Ted Cassidy |
| Produced by | Noel Marshall Mel Sokolow Dennis F. Stevens |
| Starring | James Whitmore Tippi Hedren Don Johnson Bruno Kirby Laurie Walters Victoria Thompson |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Bill Brame |
| Music by | Artie Butler |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $400,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
The Harrad Experiment (1973) is a film about a fictional school called Harrad College where the students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this film deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution which took place in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The movie stars James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren as the married couple who run the school, and includes a young Don Johnson as one of the students who tries to go beyond the rules. It was directed by Ted Post.
Cast
- James Whitmore as Philip Tenhausen
- Tippi Hedren as Margaret Tenhausen
- Don Johnson as Stanley Cole
- Bruno Kirby as Harry Schacht (as B. Kirby Jr.)
- Laurie Walters as Sheila Grove
- Victoria Thompson as Beth Hillyer
- Elliott Street as Wilson
- Robert Middleton as Sidney Bower
- Billy Sands as Jack
- Sharon Ullrick (née Taggart) as Barbara
- Maggie Wellman as Cynthia
- Michael Greene as Yoga Instructor
- Ron Kolman as Evan
- Eric Server as Workman
- Robert C. Ross as Workman
- Additional cast
- (all uncredited)
- Ted Cassidy as the diner patron
- Gregory Harrison as a student
- Melody Patterson as Jeannie
- Dennis F. Stevens as the heckler at the Ice House
- The Ace Trucking Company
- George Memmoli
- Michael Mislove
- Mary Elaine Monti
- Bill Saluga
- Fred Willard
- Melanie Griffith as an extra
Cultural references
In The Wonder Years fourth-season episode "Growing Up", Kevin's hippie older sister is seen reading a copy of The Harrad Experiment while driving to a company picnic with her family.
In the Seinfeld episode "The Label Maker", George Costanza describes his girlfriend's having a male roommate as a "bizarre Harrad Experiment".
Harrad Summer
| Harrad Summer | |
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| Directed by | Steven Hilliard Stern |
| Written by | Mort Thaw Steve Zacharias |
| Produced by | Dennis F. Stevens |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Distributed by | Cinema Arts Productions, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Harrad Summer was a 1974 sequel directed by Steven Hilliard Stern in which Stanley, Sheila, Harry, and Beth spend the following summer together to get to know their families.Don Johnson and Bruno Kirby did not reprise their roles from the original film, while Tippi Hedren's role from the original film was played by Emmaline Henry.
- Cast
- Robert Reiser as Stanley Kolasukas
- Laurie Walters as Sheila Grove
- Richard Doran as Harry Schacht
- Victoria Thompson as Beth Hillyer
- Emmaline Henry as Margaret Tenhausen
- Bill Dana as Jack Schacht
See also
References
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19720421&id=QvgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fo0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5178,5181325&hl=en
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
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