| Hells Angels on Wheels |  | Director: Richard Rush
Actors: Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor, Richard Anders
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 48,185
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: IMED0703D
UPC: 014381070323
EAN: 0014381070323
ASIN: B0000E69GN
Theatrical Release Date: June 1967
Release Date: December 30, 2003
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 12/30/2003 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Nr
This pair of Joe Solomon-produced biker dramas are two of the better examples of the '60s subgenre. Jack Nicholson stars in Hell's Angels on Wheels as a moody cycle-riding gas station attendant adopted by Adam Roarke's gang when he jumps into a friendly bar fight. It's a fairly blatant rip-off of Roger Corman's The Wild Angels, but director Richard Rush (who next teamed up with Nicholson for the counterculture classic Psych-Out) offers up a lifestyle that's less nihilistic than simply meaningless and winds the unlikely friendship between restless Nicholson and rootless Roarke into an inevitable clash over basic philosophical differences (namely, Jack wants Adam's girl, and Adam wants Jack to kowtow to his leadership). William Smith is an unusual hero in Run Angel Run: he's a sellout on the run from vengeful biker clubs up and down the coast. Director Jack Starrett, a former actor in biker movies himself (Hell's Angels on Wheels, among others), creates a taut little picture highlighted by impressive stunts (Smith jumps onto the flat car of a moving train). Smith's brooding, taciturn performance mellows when he takes a job on a rural sheep farm and connects with a career farmer who used to be a barnstorming biker in the 1950s. "I gotta be free man, I gotta fly," confesses Angel, but at what price? Both pictures were cheaply made for quick playoff, but there's an interesting attempt to explore the tension between the thrill of the road and the hollow activity passing for freedom. The set comes in a cool-looking 8 by 12 tin storage container, but the tapes do not have separate video sleeves. --Sean Axmaker
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 Good Vidio And good Shipper March 11, 2010
Tell Sackett (Salt Lake City,UT.)
Kudos to RareFlixNClassic for reliable and expedeiant service, ordered (03 March 2010) same time as other products. I recieved this one 9 March 2010 and as of 10 March 2010 Amazon still has not shipped the other iteams oreder with this one. All with the super saver shipping including this one. Quick shipping. Recieved product as advetised in new condition. The movie it self is a classic anti culture movie ot its time. I like the movie for what it is and you get to see Nickolsen from his earlyer years in the buissness.
 Hell's stinker bells May 17, 2009
P. J. Heffernan
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This one totally bites. Unless you were born in the 40's this one is completely out of date. No bite no bang and way too much buck. The music is so annoying my girlfriend had to leave the room. Hippy dippy elevator music with big bad bikers. Everyone in this movie is an idiot and none of the chicks are hot. If you are into biker flicks check out Hell Ride. That's a biker flick. This is yet another example of how phony the 60's were. Save your money. I wish I had.
 hells angels movie March 23, 2009
T. Shupe (norwalk,oh. usa)
I wasn't the happiest about the movie. But it is on vhs and they play a little rough now adays. The person I bought it for was thankful though cuz he had a hard time finding it. thanks
 Hey, it was the Sixties, maaannnn!!! October 14, 2008
M. B. DaVega (Columbia, SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This low-budget, 60's-fare biker movie was OKAY. Two years before his star-making turn in Easy Rider, Jack Nicholson ---- just 30 years old at the time ---- starred here in Hells Angels On Wheels (1967) as Poet, a disgruntled full-service gas station attendant who rides off from his job in protest on his own motorcycle just as a massive fleet of motorcyclists ---- the notorious Hells Angels ---- are passing through his town right by on Main Street. He incidentally ends up getting into a tussle later with one of the Angels, but their leader, Buddy (Adam Roarke) is impressed enough with the way Poet handles himself during the fight that he allows Poet to tag along with the group, and eventually he's accepted as one of them.
This movie is charmingly dated but the story never really seemed to go anywhere. In between pyschedelic-style parties and fleeing from the police, the group spends most of the film just tooling around on their bikes aimlessly, getting into a free-for-all brawl every other scene. The numerous fight scenes are less-than-exciting, a fact that is made worse by the tacky and silly 60's musical score which is decidedly unbefitting of an action sequence. I also didn't much care for the ending, either, which I found to be negative, unresolved and abrupt.
This movie shows its age but overall, I suppose it can be forgiven for its flaws due to its fun, well-stated performances throughout the cast, great outdoor scenerey and shots during the riding sequences and its overall campy, nostalgic charm just based on the fact that it was the sixties. Might still be worth a look if you're a hardcore biker movie fan or a fan of nostalgia like I am, but just don't expect too much from it.
Also stars the very pretty brunette Sabrina Scharf, who would also appear in Easy Rider two years later.
NOT rated X! (It's rated R.)
Young Jack Nicholson as a Hell's Angel September 2, 2008
- Durrkk (Ohio/PA border USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Biker films came into vogue after the 1966 release of the infamous "The Wild Angels;" they remained popular for the next 5-7 years or so. This time in history was the era of the "counter culture," people who rebelled against the status quo of the culture at large (and with good reason). The counter culture was comprised of three basic groups. The two extreme groups were the hippie flower children, who believed in peace, "free love" & drug experimentation and the bikers who were similar except they believed in brawling and had shorter hair, not to mention their drug of choice was alcohol. The third group was comprised of everyone inbetween.
"Hell's Angels on Wheels" was released in 1967, one year after "The Wild Angels," and it's a pretty decent biker flick. You'll see some clips of famed Angel Sonny Barger near the beginning of the film; Barger also assisted as the technical advisor.
THE STORY: Jack Nickolson loses his job as a gas station attendant and hooks up with the Hell's Angels as "Poet." The bikers ride, revel and brawl throughout the story while Poet takes an interest in the leader's girlfriend (Adam Roarke and Sabrina Scharf respectively).
"The Wild Angels" [aka "All the Fallen Angels"] is a cult masterpiece for numerous reasons despite its obvious shortcomings: It takes the subject of outcast bikers seriously, it's truly shocking, its story is refreshingly original and it tackles real-life issues that every viewer can relate to, specifically the nature of grief and how different people respond in different ways [see my review for details]. Although "Hell's Angels on Wheels" is good for what it is -- a late 60s low-budget biker flick -- it fails to even come close to the greatness of "The Wild Angels." It's slightly more goofy, not at all shocking and has little depth.
Yet, it's worthwhile for numerous reasons: It's great to see Jack Nicholson when he was so young, there are numerous beautiful 60's babes and the California photography is exceptional, in particular in the last 30 minutes of its 95 minute runtime, not to mention all the bikes.
However, throughout the almost pointless story various questions kept coming to mind:
-- How do the bikers get money to support their lifestyle of continuous riding, revelry and "free love"? (work is never mentioned as it is in "The Wild Angels")
-- In light of the numerous brawls (with fists, chains, clubs, etc.) why do none of the bikers ever show any injuries, bruises, etc.?
-- If the bikers "party" this much this often, what are they gonna look like (and feel like) when they're 35? 40? 45? 50?
-- If these guys don't actually work, have very little money and don't take baths, why are these gorgeous babes riding with 'em?
-- The leader's supposed girlfriend is shown to be a very loose woman who believes in "free love," getting it on with any dude as the whim strikes her. She also shows a loyalty to the leader, which I fail to understand in light of his infidelities. So why is Poet so fascinated with her to the point of wanting to marry her? Is he nuts? Marrying such a woman would last about a week, or less.
Some complain about the quick ending, but it would have worked if they had worked out the kinks in the death scene. I don't want to say anymore because I don't wanna give anything away.
PERSONAL GRADE: Borderline C+ or B-
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