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| The Harrad Experiment | |
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| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Written by | Michael Werner Ted Cassidy |
| Based on | The Harrad Experiment by Robert H. Rimmer |
| Produced by | Noel Marshall Mel Sokolow Dennis F. Stevens |
| Starring | James Whitmore Tippi Hedren Don Johnson Bruno Kirby Laurie Walters Victoria Thompson |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Bill Brame |
| Music by | Artie Butler |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $400,000[1] |
| Box office | $3 million (US/Canada rentals)[2][3] |
The Harrad Experiment is a 1973 coming-of-age film about a fictional school, named Harrad College, where the students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this film deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution, which took place in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The movie stars James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren as the married couple who run the school, and includes a young Don Johnson as one of the students who tries to go beyond the rules. It was directed by Ted Post. The screenplay, based upon Rimmer's novel, was co-written by Ted Cassidy and Michael Werner.
A sequel, Harrad Summer, was released in 1974.
- ^ "'Harrad' Film Isn't 'Another Dirty Movie'". Sarasota Journal. April 21, 1972. p. 8C – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973". Variety. January 9, 1974. p. 19.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American Film Distribution: the Changing Marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0835717762.