The Wild Angels (1966)

Directed by

Roger Corman

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biker gang called the Hells Angels rides through Southern California. Their leader Blues tries to keep his crew together after a violent run-in with the law.

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What happens

The Wild Angels is a 1966 American independent outlaw biker film produced and directed by Roger Corman. Made on location in Southern California, The Wild Angels was the first film to associate actor Peter Fonda with Harley-Davidson motorcycles and 1960s counterculture. It inspired the biker film genre that continued into the early 1970s. The Wild Angels, released by American International Pictures (AIP), stars Fonda as the fictitious Hells Angels San Pedro, California chapter president "Heavenly Blues" (or "Blues"), Nancy Sinatra as his girlfriend "Mike", Bruce Dern as doomed fellow outlaw "the Loser", and Dern's then real-life wife Diane Ladd as the Loser's on-screen old lady, "Gaysh". Small supporting roles are played by Michael J. Pollard and Gayle Hunnicutt and, according to literature promoting the film, members of the Hells Angels from Venice, California. Members of the Coffin Cheaters motorcycle club also appeared. In 1967 AIP followed this film with Devil's Angels, The Glory Stompers with Dennis Hopper, and The Born Losers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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