The Wild Angels (1966)
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56% of critics liked it
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45% of users liked it
(1,759 ratings)
This biker gang exploitation picture from director Roger Corman and co-writer and editor Peter Bogdanovich earned critical respect in Europe for its gritty documentary style. Peter Fonda stars as Heavenly Blues, the leader of a wild, roving band of leather-clad bikers. When his best friend Loser… More This biker gang exploitation picture from director Roger Corman and co-writer and editor Peter Bogdanovich earned critical respect in Europe for its gritty documentary style. Peter Fonda stars as Heavenly Blues, the leader of a wild, roving band of leather-clad bikers. When his best friend Loser (Bruce Dern) is injured in the midst of an attempt to steal a police motorcycle, the boys kidnap their debilitated buddy from the hospital, raping a black nurse and trashing the place in the process. Blues and his friends believe they've set Loser free, but he dies not long after the escape. Staging a funeral and drunken orgy in a small town church, the gang flees is set upon by the enraged locals, leaving Blues alone to face the law. Nancy Sinatra and a then-pregnant Diane Ladd co-star; a number of real-life Hell's Angels were hired to appear in scenes, adding authenticity to the picture. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roger Corman
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics, Cult Movies
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 20, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- Sultan Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
Roger Corman's The Wild Angels took the outlaw culture of the biker movie into nervy, nihilistic territory.
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Michael H. Price, Fort Worth Business Press
Essential entry in the biker-flick craze of the 1960s and '70s, a heartfelt plea for nihilism and abnormalcy in a world enslaved by Civilization.
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Cast
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Peter Fonda
as Heavenly Blues
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Nancy Sinatra
as Mike
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Bruce Dern
as Loser Josey Kerns
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Lou Procopio
as Joint
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Diane Ladd
as Gaysh
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Coby Denton
as Bull Puckey
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Michael J. Pollard
as Pigmy
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Marc Cavell
as Frankenstein
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Gayle Hunnicutt
as Suzie
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Buck Taylor
as Dear John
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Norman Alden
as Medic
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Joan Shawlee
as Mama Monohan
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Art Baker
as Thomas
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Frank Maxwell
as Preacher
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Kim Hamilton
as Nurse
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Frank Gerstle
as Hospital Policeman
- Dick Miller
- Peter Bogdanovich
