The Hippie Temptation
The Hippie Temptation

The Hippie Temptation

6.0(1 votes)
1967
0h 50m
TV Movie
Documentary

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Production

CBS News Productions

Cast

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

Uptight Narrator

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Dirty Hippie

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Digger

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

Dr. David Smith

Dr. David Smith

Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor

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