Wild in the Streets

Wild in the Streets
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byBarry Shear
Written byRobert Thom
Based onshort story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byPaul Frees (uncredited)
CinematographyRichard Moore
Edited by
Music byLes Baxter
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • May 29, 1968 (1968-05-29)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$700,000[1]
Box office$4,000,000 (rentals)[2]

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.

  1. ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p260
  2. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968," Variety, 8 January 1969, pg 15.