
Motorpsycho!(1965)
A vengeful veterinarian and a grieving widow join forces to track down violent bikers after they commit heinous acts against their loved ones.


“Behind the Weird "Way-Out" World of the Beatniks!”
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

Steve Cochran
Dave Culloran

Mamie Van Doren
Georgia Altera

Ray Danton
Stanley Belmont

Fay Spain
Francee Culloran

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Margaret Hayes
Joyce Freenfield

Jackie Coogan
Jake Baron

James Mitchum
Art Jester
Cathy Crosby
Singer

Ray Anthony
Harry Altera
The Beat Generation is a crime film released in 1959 exploring themes of poetry, beatnik, rapist, subculture, beat generation, beatnixploitation. Directed by Charles F. Haas, it stars Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton. A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
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