Harrad Experiment

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Harrad Experiment ★½ 1973 (R)

Adaptation of Robert Rimmer's love-power bestseller in which an experiment-minded college establishes a campus policy of sexual freedom. Famous for the Hedren/ Johnson relationship, shortly before Johnson married Hedren's reallife daughter Melanie Griffith. Followed by “The Harrad Summer.” 98m/C VHS, DVD . James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Don Johnson, Bruno Kirby, Laurie Walters, Victoria Thompson, Elliot Street, Sharon Taggart, Robert Middleton, Billy (Billie) Sands, Melanie Griffith; D: Ted Post; W: Ted Cassedy, Michael Werner; C: Richard H. Kline; M: Artie Butler.