Hells Angels on Wheels

1967
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

2.8K

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Jack Nicholson, Adam Roarke, and Sabrina Scharf in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)

At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.

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At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.At first, gas station attendant Poet is happy when the Hell's Angels gang finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns just how brutal they are.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Pearl
(as I.J. Jefferson)

James Oliver

Gypsy

Jack Starrett

Sgt. Bingham

Bruno VeSota

Episcopal Priest
(as Bruno Vesota)

Bob Kelljan

Artist
(as Robert Kelljan)

Kathryn Harrow

Lori

John 'Bud' Cardos

Sailor
(as Bud Cardos)

Tex Hall

Sailor

Gary Littlejohn

Moley

The Oakland Hells Angels

Bikers
(as The Hells Angels of Oakland)

The Hells Angels of San Francisco

Bikers

The Hells Angels of Daly City

Bikers

Director
- Richard Rush
Writer
- R. Wright Campbell
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
At the time of filming in 1966, cast members Mireille Machu and Jack Nicholson had just begun a serious relationship that continued through the making of Easy Rider (1969). In May of 1969, she accompanied Nicholson to the Cannes Film Festival as the latter was being screened. After they broke up, they remained friends and Machu occasionally would house-sit at Nicholson's Los Angeles home on Mulholland Drive during the 1970s.

Goofs
Obvious dummy when Buddy's bike explodes.

Quotes
Buddy: I tell you what to think and when to think!
Poet: Don't tell me anything man, I'm not a member of your private army.
Buddy: Well then Get out!
Poet: I don't need you, and I don't need your rules or your uniform man.

Alternate versions
The film was refused a UK cinema certificate in 1967 and only passed in 1977 after BBFC cuts to heavily edit the fight scenes. The 1988 video version featured a new opening montage of rape and violence scenes which were not in the original cinema print, and these scenes (totalling 11 minutes) were completely removed by the BBFC as well as shots of kidney punches during the hotel fight. The 2006 Cinema Club DVD restores the punches and was pre-edited by the distributors to remove the alternative opening scene.

Connections
Featured in Bikers, Blondes and Blood (1993)

Soundtracks
Study in Motion #1
Written by Chuck Sedacca and Stu Phillips
Sung by The Poor

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Featured review

6/10

Nicholson as the Poet!

This Richard Rush biker film is better than the Wild Angels, Angels Unchained, Devil's Angels, Cycle Savages, The Glory Stompers, or The Savage Seven. First of all it has the beautiful and talented Sabrina Scharf (from Easy Rider) who later became a Senator or some such thing. Adam Roarke was always a good addition to low-budget films and Nicholson shines as the Poet (a somewhat reluctant biker to begin with).

None of these films is high quality, but this one has some refreshing scenes that stand out. A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Jack Nicholson. If you can find it, it's worth your time. Richard Rush was always been a good director.