The Sweet Ride

The Sweet Ride (1968)

The Cycles... The Surf... And The Swingers That Make It All Go!

AA tennis bum (Tony Franciosa) and his Malibu Beach buddies hang out with a TV actress (Jacqueline Bisset) headed for trouble.

Date of release
1968-06-12
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harvey Hart

Casting

Interesting facts

The Sweet Ride is a 1968 American drama film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, and Bob Denver. The screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz is based on the 1967 novel by William Murray, about the lives of various offbeat characters in Malibu, California. The musical score was composed by Pete Rugolo, and features Dusty Springfield and Moby Grape.

Production

Jacqueline Bisset was cast on the basis of her short appearance in Two for the Road starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. By the time The Sweet Ride was released, she had been cast in The Detective and Bullitt.

Principal photography began in Malibu on July 17, 1967. Other scenes were shot along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, including Gazzarri's.

Tom Mankiewicz also says producer Joe Pasternak had suffered a stroke shortly before filming which impacted his effectiveness.

Bisset said her nude scene in the ocean was 'miserable'.

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