The Sweet Ride


The Sweet Ride 1968 is an American counterculture drama with a few surferbiker exploitation film elements. It stars Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin and Jacqueline Bisset in an early starring role. The film also features Bob Denver in the role of ChooChoo, a Beatnik pianoplaying draft dodger. Sarrazin and Bisset were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Male and Female respectively.

The story, told in flashbacks, concerns a middleaged tennis bum Franciosa who shares a beach house with Sarrazin and Denver. Their carefree life becomes complicated, and later turns tragic, after they become involved with a mysterious young woman Bisset and a biker gang.The San Francisco rock and roll band Moby Grape contributed to the soundtrack, and appeared, credited, in the film, performing the song Never Again in a Sunset Strip nightclub called the Tarantula. Other famous Sunset Strip locations include Gazzarris and Scandia, as well as location filming in Malibu, according to reviews of the film. ........

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