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The Wild Ride

Category: Feature Film
Wikipedia: The Wild Ride
Description: A feature film released in 1960. It was Jack Nicholson's first credit as lead in a feature film. Written by Burt Topper, Ann Porter, and Marion Rothman. Directed by Harvey Berman. Distributed by Filmgroup and released on 17 June 1960.
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History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Automotive Industries page on X September 2023, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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

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.


Video

Subject:  The Wild Ride Runtime:  59:05 Resolution:  320x240
Source:  The Internet Archive
License:  Public Domain
Download The Wild Ride in MP4 format 245MB




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