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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.

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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 (1973-05-11)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$400,000[1]
Box office	$3,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2]

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.The screenplay was co-written by Ted Cassidy and Michael Werner based upon Rimmer's novel. A sequel, Harrad Summer, was released in 1974.

Plot

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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]

See also

• List of American films of 1974
• List of American films of 1973

References

External links

• The Harrad Experiment at IMDb
• The Harrad Experiment at Rotten Tomatoes

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