The Wild Ride
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers, and finally sees his own life end in tragedy.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Released
- 1960
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1960
Storyline
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers, and finally sees his own life end in tragedy.
Top credits
Jack Nicholson ā Johnny Varron- Georgianna Carter ā Nancy
- Robert Bean ā Dave
- Carol Bigby ā Joyce
Did you know
ā¢ The executive producer on the film was Roger Corman. Director 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."
ā¢ Film debut of Robert Bean.
ā¢ Johnny Varron drives a 1957 Ford Fairlane convertible. Dave drives a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline convertible.
User reviews
(review of Wild Ride, not Velocity) true-blue exploitation flick- not wretched, not very good either
Not great cinema but at least watchable
"Like a wild one man, like Marlon Brando!"
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White, Color
