The Sweet Ride
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Harvey Hart
Tony Franciosa
Michael Sarrazin
Jacqueline Bisset
Bob Denver
Michael Wilding
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Synopsis
The near-dead body of a brutally beaten and molested young woman is dumped on a highway in the Malibu Beach area peopled by surfers and drifters. Police investigation reveals that the woman, actress Vicki Cartwright, was dating surfer Denny McGuire, a young wastrel who shares a beach house with Collie Ransom, an aging tennis hustler, and Choo-Choo Burns, an unemployed jazz pianist. At a questioning conducted by Lieutenant Atkins, Denny explains that he first met Vicki on the beach and that, from the very beginning, their love affair was unstable. Denny later learned that Vicki was trapped professionally and psychologically by Brady Caswell, the producer of her new television series. When Denny asked Vicki to marry him, she insisted that she could not and began lying about her reasons for spending time away from him. Denny's jealousy was further inflamed by the interest taken in Vicki by repugnant cyclist Mr. Clean. Denny eventually learned of her relationship with Caswell; a bitter and vindictive quarrel ensued; and Denny did not see her again until she was brought into the hospital 2 weeks later. Once the police questioning is over and Denny and Collie are released, they learn what really happened on that fateful night: after Vicki had masochistically offered herself to Mr. Clean, she was savagely beaten by Caswell. To avenge Vicki, who is recovering from the attack, Denny assaults Caswell at his home, leaving him bleeding and unconscious. At last recognizing that there must be something more to life, Denny abandons his aimless way of life to work in a Santa Monica hardware store.
Director
Harvey Hart
Cast
Tony Franciosa
Michael Sarrazin
Jacqueline Bisset
Bob Denver
Michael Wilding
Michele Carey
Lara Lindsay
Norma Crane
Percy Rodrigues
Warren Stevens
Pat Buttram
Michael Forest
Lloyd Gough
Stacy King
Corinna Tsopei
Charles Dierkop
Arthur Franz
Seymour Cassel
Paul Condylis
Ralph Lee
Lou Procopio
Linda Gamble
Sam Chew Jr.
Crew
L. B. Abbott
Philip W. Anderson
Art Cruickshank
Francisco Day
Richard Day
David Dockendorf
Eli Dunn
Robert Hauser
Lee Hazlewood
Richard Kobritz
Emil Kosa Jr.
Richard Kuhn
Harry M. Lindgren
Edith Lindon
Macgillivray/freeman Films
Tom Mankiewicz
Moby Grape
Joe Pasternak
Stuart A. Reiss
Pete Rugolo
Walter M. Scott
Jack Martin Smith
Dan Striepeke
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Location scenes filmed at Malibu, California.
