In this drama set during the real life riots of the mid-1960s, an LA police sergeant attempts to service the Strip businessmen who object to the hippie youths that hang out, by setting a curfew. Unfortunately, the cop also believes that the kids have a right to be there, until he discovers that his estranged daughter, whom his drunken ex-wife took away from him, has come back to LA and has joined the counter-culture crowd. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Review by All Movie Guide
All Movie Guide
lost interest.
This hopelessly dated and square youthquake drama from American International Pictures was released just months after the real riots on Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard to protest the police harassment of younger patrons of the Strip's nightlife. Veteran B director
Arthur Dreifuss, then in his late sixties, and scribe Orville H. Hampton (no spring chicken himself), show no comprehension of or affinity for youth culture whatsoever, and their work here is flat and clichéd. The actors do what they can with the material.
Aldo Ray, sliding slowly into the twilight of his career, is typically gruff as the understanding police chief, while
Mimsy Farmer offers another overripe portrayal of a virginal teen-turned-damaged goods at the hands of scurvy counterculture types (see also
Devil's Angels). Exploitation aficionados will find some easy laughs with the stiff dialogue and performances, but the film will be of primary interest to vintage garage rock fans, as such notable outfits as the Chocolate Watchband and the Standells are prominently featured both onscreen and on the soundtrack. ~ Paul Gaita, All Movie Guide