Psych-Out( 1968)

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Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin' Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin' Jim's truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band's pursuit of success "playing games," but he agrees to help Jennie anyway.

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Susan Strasberg
Jennie Davis
Dean Stockwell
Dave
Jack Nicholson
Stoney
Bruce Dern
Steve Davis
Adam Roarke
Ben
Max Julien
Elwood
Henry Jaglom
Warren
Linda Gaye Scott
Lynn
Garry Marshall
Plainclothesman
Gary Kent
Thug's Leader
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
Tony Vorno
Minister (uncredited)
Sky Saxon
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I.J. Jefferson
Pandora

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Mon Jun 19 2023

**_The good, the bad and the psychedelic of the Counterculture in the 60s_** A deaf teen (Susan Strasberg) runs away to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her artist brother, known as The Seeker (Bruce Dern). She befriends the members of a psychedelic band through whom she’s introduced to the hippie subculture. Jack Nicholson plays the leader of the band. Dean Stockwell, Adam Rourke and Max Julien are also on hand. “Psych-Out” (1968) has a bit more story compared to Roger Corman’s “The Trip” from the previous year, which featured Peter Fonda running around doing crazy things ...