The Harrad Experiment

The Harrad Experiment
The Harrad Experiment
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ted Post
Written by	Novel:; Robert H. Rimmer; Screenplay:; Michael Werner; Ted Cassidy
Produced by	Noel Marshall; Mel Sokolow; Dennis F. Stevens
Starring	James Whitmore; Tippi Hedren; Don Johnson; Bruno Kirby; Laurie Walters; Victoria Thompson
Cinematography	Richard H. Kline
Edited by	Bill Brame
Music by	Artie Butler
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	May 11, 1973;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$400,000
Box office	$3,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals)

The Harrad Experiment is a 1973 coming-of-age film about a fictional school called Harrad College where the students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this film deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution, which took place in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The movie stars James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren as the married couple who run the school, and includes a young Don Johnson (who later became Hedren's son-in-law) as one of the students who tries to go beyond the rules. It was directed by Ted Post.

A sequel, Harrad Summer, was released in 1974.

Plot[]

Cast[]

James Whitmore as Philip Tenhausen
Tippi Hedren as Margaret Tenhausen
Don Johnson as Stanley Cole
Bruno Kirby as Harry Schacht (as B. Kirby Jr.)
Laurie Walters as Sheila Grove
Victoria Thompson as Beth Hillyer
Elliott Street as Wilson
Robert Middleton as Sidney Bower
Billy Sands as Jack
Sharon Ullrick (née Taggart) as Barbara
Maggie Wellman as Cynthia
Michael Greene as Yoga Instructor
Ron Kolman as Evan
Eric Server as Workman
Robert C. Ross as Workman

Additional cast: (all uncredited)

Ted Cassidy as the diner patron
Gregory Harrison as a student
Melody Patterson as Jeannie
Dennis F. Stevens as the heckler at the Ice House
Ace Trucking Company employees:
- George Memmoli
- Michael Mislove
- Mary Elaine Monti
- Bill Saluga
- Fred Willard
Melanie Griffith as an extra

Home video[]

The film was released on DVD on May 22, 2001 by Marengo Films.^[3]

Reception[]

Time Out said that while Post had employed long, "voyeuristic" takes and the theme music was poor, the film had more appeal than his other work and deserved its success.^[4]

References[]

^ "Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
^ Tribbey, Ralph (March 30, 2001). "DVD NEWS BRIEFS: Marengo's 'Killer B's'; BFS' 'Sharpe's' Series; MGM's May Slate; A&E;'s 'Pearl Harbor'; Vanguard's June". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
^ "The Harrad Experiment". Time Out. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

External links[]

[1] "Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search".

[2] "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19

[3] Tribbey, Ralph (March 30, 2001). "DVD NEWS BRIEFS: Marengo's 'Killer B's'; BFS' 'Sharpe's' Series; MGM's May Slate; A&E;'s 'Pearl Harbor'; Vanguard's June". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[4] "The Harrad Experiment". Time Out. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

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