Free Grass (1969)
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Synopsis of Free Grass
Film editor Bill Brame directed this standard juvenile-delinquent entry featuring a notable cast of exploitation veterans. Richard Beymer stars as a cash-strapped teenager named Dean, who is lured into the world of bikers and addicts by Link (Russ Tamblyn), a sadistic drug dealer. Dean's girlfriend Karen (Lana Wood) helps him smuggle marijuana from Mexico to Los Angeles to raise money, and things appear to be going well until they are involved in the murders of two federal agents (Jody McCrea, Lindsay Crosby). The frightened Dean wants out of the arrangement, but Link drugs him with LSD, attempts to roast him alive, and kidnaps Karen. Dean eventually comes down from his bad trip and rescues his beloved, leaving the hippies in the audience with a warning to avoid free marijuana. Casey Kasem and Warren Finnerty also appear in this odd drug film, which makes very little sense and meanders from one scene to another for no apparent reason. That may be understandable, considering that it took four credited screenwriters to make Free Grass filmable. Leads Tamblyn and Beymer had co-starred in West Side Story and would reunite on television for the cult series Twin Peaks. Brame directed The Cycle Savages the same year. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Free Grass
- Richard Beymer - Dean
- Warren Finnerty - Barney
- Casey Kasem - Phil
- Russ Tamblyn - Link
- Lana Wood - Karen
- Lindsay Crosby - Agent No. 2
- Dave Hull - Lieutenant
- Joel Dee [Jody] McCrea - Agent No. 1
- Elizabeth Thompson - Margo
- Director(s):
- Bill Brame
- Writer(s):
- Paul Stevenson, Gerald Wilson, James Gordon White
- Producer(s):
- Jonathan Lawrence
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children)
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