Psych-Out

Psych-Out

101 mins | Drama, Thriller, Music | March 6, 1968

Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin' Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin' Jim's truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band's pursuit of success "playing games," but he agrees to help Jennie anyway.

Psych-Out

101 mins | Drama, Thriller, Music | March 6, 1968

Psych-Out
Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin' Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin' Jim's truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band's pursuit of success "playing games," but he agrees to help Jennie anyway.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Dick Clark Productions, American International Pictures
Original title Psych-Out
Directors Richard Rush
Writers E. Hunter Willett, Betty Ulius

Cast

Susan Strasberg

as Jennie Davis

Dean Stockwell

as Dave

Jack Nicholson

as Stoney

Bruce Dern

as Steve Davis

Adam Roarke

as Ben

Max Julien

as Elwood

Henry Jaglom

as Warren

Garry Marshall

as Plainclothesman

Gary Kent

as Thug's Leader

Jimi Hendrix

as Himself

Tony Vorno

as Minister (uncredited)