Wild in the Streets (1968)
Directed by Barry Shear · 94 min · Comedy, Drama, Music
13.4 TOPICAL score · #5,218 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
Wild in the Streets (1968, directed by Barry Shear) has a TOPICAL score of 13.4 - ranked 5,218 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 5.7/10 (38 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 13 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 5.7/10 (38 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 13 languages
- Still read4,925 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Shelley Winters (actor #289), Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook (actor #702)