Hells Angels on Wheels

Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)

The shattering true story of the Hell's Angels of Northern California! The violence...The hate...The way-out parties...Exactly as it happens!

At first gas station attendant Poet is happy when the rockers gang “Hell’s Angels” finally accepts him. But he’s shocked when he learns how brutal they are – not even murder is a taboo to them. He gets himself in trouble when the leader’s girlfriend falls in love with him – and he welcomes her approaches.

Date of release
1967-06-01
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (45)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
Richard Rush

Casting

Interesting facts

Hells Angels on Wheels is a 1967 American biker film directed by Richard Rush, and starring Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, and Sabrina Scharf. The film tells the story of a gas-station attendant with a bad attitude who finds life more exciting after he is allowed to hang out with a chapter of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club.

Production

Adam Roarke, who plays the Angels club president Buddy, starred in several other motorcycle films of the era. Ralph "Sonny" Barger, the president of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels, is seen in an early scene but has no spoken lines in the film. He was also credited as a consultant. Sabrina Scharf later played the role of Sara in the film Easy Rider (1969), one of the two girls met in the commune.

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