
The Trip(1967)
After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.


“The Ultimate Head Trip”
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.

Susan Strasberg
Jennie Davis

Dean Stockwell
Dave

Jack Nicholson
Stoney

Bruce Dern
Steve Davis

Adam Roarke
Ben

Max Julien
Elwood

Henry Jaglom
Warren

Linda Gaye Scott
Lynn

Garry Marshall
Plainclothesman

Gary Kent
Thug's Leader
Psych-Out is a drama, thriller, music film released in 1968 exploring themes of runaway, lsd, hippie lifestyle, marijuana, rock band, bad trip. Directed by Richard Rush, it stars Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson. 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.
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