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      • 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. It was released by Filmgroup as a double feature with The Girl in Lovers Lane. The film has become part of the public domain and is considered by some to be a cult classic.


      Plot


      A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kills a police officer, kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, and sees his friend's life end in tragedy.


      = Re-cut version

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      In 1999, 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


      Production


      The executive producer on the film was Roger Corman. Harvey Berman was a high-school drama teacher in northern California who had gone to the UCLA drama school with some friends of Corman. He decided to make a film during the summer in and around Concord, California using some of his high school drama class students in the cast and crew and sending a few Hollywood professionals to work with them. One of these was Jack Nicholson. Corman later wrote "this is one of the little pictures I remember with pleasure; it turned out very well."


      See also


      List of American films of 1960


      References




      External links


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

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