---
title: 'Wild in the Streets (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barry Shear'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wild-in-the-streets-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wild in the Streets (1968)

1968 · 91 min · Science Fiction, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Wild in the Streets is a 1968 American dystopian comedy-drama film directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and Shelley Winters. Based on the short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom, it was distributed by American International Pictures. The film, described as both "ludicrous" and "cautionary", was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and became a cult classic of the 1960s counterculture.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barry Shear](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-shear)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Thom](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-thom)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Les Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-baxter)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Z. Arkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-z-arkoff), [James H. Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-h-nicholson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-moore)
- **Editor:** [Fred R. Feitshans Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-r-feitshans-jr)

## Cast

- [Diane Varsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-varsi)
- [Bert Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-freed)
- [Larry Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-bishop)
- [Hal Holbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-holbrook)
- [Shelley Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-winters)
- [Richard Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pryor)
- [Millie Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/millie-perkins)
- [Ed Begley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-begley)
- [Christopher Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-jones)

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