The Hippie Temptation

Name: The Hippie Temptation
Director: Warren Wallace
Genre: TV Movie, Documentary
Released: 1967-08-21
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Harry Reasoner, Jerry Garcia, Peter Coyote, Bob Weir, Dr. David Smith

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1967 · 50 min · TV Movie · Documentary · TMDB 5.7/10

Overview

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Directed by Warren Wallace

Cast

Harry Reasoner — Uptight Narrator
Jerry Garcia — Dirty Hippie
Peter Coyote — Digger
Bob Weir
Dr. David Smith — Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor