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The Hippie Temptation

The Hippie Temptation (1967)

0h 50m | PG-13

⭐ 6 / 10

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!

Director: Warren Wallace

Studio: CBS News Productions

Genre: TV Movie, Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

as Uptight Narrator

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

as Dirty Hippie

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

as Digger

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

as

Dr. David Smith

Dr. David Smith

as Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor