Getting Straight

Getting Straight

124 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | May 13, 1970

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.

Getting Straight

124 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | May 13, 1970

Getting Straight
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Columbia Pictures, The Organization
Original title Getting Straight
Directors Richard Rush
Writers Robert Kaufman, Ken Kolb

Cast

Elliott Gould

as Harry Bailey

Robert F. Lyons

as Nick

Cecil Kellaway

as Dr. Kasper

Jeff Corey

as Dr. Edward Willhunt

Max Julien

as Ellis

Jon Lormer

as Vandenburg

Leonard Stone

as Lysander

William Bramley

as Wade Linden

Jeannie Berlin

as Judy Kramer

Brenda Sykes

as Luan

Gregory Sierra

as Garcia /

Julia Anne Robinson

as College girl

Harrison Ford

as Jake