Wild in the Streets (1968)

19681h 37mdir. Barry ShearUnited Statesmusical filmscience fiction film

With Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Richard Pryor, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Bert Freed, Ed Begley

Directed by Barry Shear

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Wild in the Streets is a 1968 American dystopian comedy-drama film directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and Shelley Winters. Based on the short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom, it was distributed by American International Pictures. The film, described as both "ludicrous" and "cautionary", was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and became a cult classic of the 1960s counterculture.

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