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The Beat Generation

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A police sergeant (Steve Cochran) and his partner search West Coast coffee houses for a beatnik rapist (Ray Danton).

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Craig J. Clark The Dissolve 04/06/2015
1.5/5
What hurts The Beat Generation more than anything else is Charles Haas' failure to maintain a consistent directorial tone. Go to Full Review
Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews 09/10/2008
3/10
This is obviously a decent script mangled by a very bad production. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/21/2004
C-
Ugly crime drama. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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06/24/2013 This story of Mamie Van Doren and a detective's hunt for a sex maniac has little to do with Kerouac and Ginsberg, but everything to do with campy exploitation. It's a terrible movie, but it's entertaining if you're in the mood for some camp. You also get Robert Mitchums son James , pin-up queen Irish McCalla, Vampira as a beat poet , and character actor William Schallert in an uncredited role. See more 06/21/2013 This is obviously a decent script mangled by a very bad production. has nothing 2 do with jack karoac and the other beat writers See more s r @ScottR 06/20/2013 Good for a saucy laugh. Filled with rape, murder, babies, blonde bomb shells, homosexuals, cops, beatniks, Louie Armstrong and scuba fight scenes. How can you not enjoy this? See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A police sergeant (Steve Cochran) and his partner search West Coast coffee houses for a beatnik rapist (Ray Danton).
Director
Charles Haas
Producer
Albert Zugsmith
Screenwriter
Richard Matheson, Lewis Meltzer
Production Co
Albert Zugsmith Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 35m