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Easy Rider
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
1969 · Directed by Dennis Hopper · 96 min · Adventure · Drama · 50 frames
Tagline
A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere...
Crew
- Written by: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
- Cinematography: László Kovács
- Edited by: Donn Cambern
- Produced by: Peter Fonda
Cast
- Peter Fonda as Wyatt
- Dennis Hopper as Billy
- Jack Nicholson as George Hanson
- Antonio Mendoza as Jesus
- Phil Spector as Connection
- Mac Mashourian as Bodyguard
- Warren Finnerty as Rancher
- Tita Colorado as Rancher's Wife
- Luke Askew as Stranger on Highway
- Luana Anders as Lisa
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Pando Company Inc., BBS Productions
- Budget: $400,000
- Box office: $60,000,000
- Themes: adolescence, rock 'n' roll, rebel, drug trafficking, brothel, drug addiction, opium, arbitrary law, highway, lsd
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