''The Hooked Generation'' is a 1968 American

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

William Grefé William Grefé (born 1930) is an American writer and director of films, best known for his work in the exploitation field. For most of his career he has worked in Florida. He also worked for a number of years with Ivan Tors. In 2009 a documentary ...

and starring

Jeremy Slate Jeremy Slate (born Robert Bullard Perham; February 17, 1926 – November 19, 2006) was an American film and television actor, and songwriter. He is best known for Larry Lahr in ''The Aquanauts'' (1960–1961), Chuck Wilson in ''One Life to Li ...

Steve Alaimo Charles Stephen Alaimo ( born December 6, 1939) is an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He later became record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and co-producing Dick Clark's ''Where the Acti ...

and

John Davis Chandler John Davis Chandler (January 28, 1935 – February 16, 2010) was an American actor. Life Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia. He died at age 75 in Toluca Lake, California from cancer. Career In two films in 1961, he portrayed the gangs ...

.Clark p.57

Plot

Cast

as Daisey *

as Mark *

as Acid *

Willie Pastrano Wilfred Raleigh Pastrano (November 27, 1935 – December 6, 1997) was an American former professional boxer who competed from 1951 to 1965. He held the undisputed WBA, WBC, and ''The Ring'' light heavyweight titles between 1963 and 1965. Earl ...

as Dum Dum * Socrates Ballis as Cuban Leader * Cece Stone as Kelly * Walter R. Philbin as Lieutenant Dern * Milton Smith as Book Everett * Lee Warren as Charlie *

William Kerwin William Kerwin (April 17, 1927 – October 27, 1989) was an American actor and filmmaker. He was most well known for his character roles in the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Career Kerwin enjoyed some success on the stage and screen befo ...

as FBI Man #1 * Dete Parsons as FBI Man #2 *

Stuart Merrill Stuart Fitzrandolph Merrill (August 1, 1863 in Hempstead, New York – December 1, 1915 in Versailles, France) was an American poet, who wrote mostly in the French language. He belonged to the Symbolist school. His principal books of poetr ...

as FBI Man #3 * Marilyn Nordman as Book's Girlfriend * Curtis Perdue as Coast Guard Lieutenant * Michael DeBeausset as Rapper * Gay Perkins as Nivar * Terry Smith as Talla * Clinton Nye as Young Coastguardman * Emil Deaton as Coastguardman

References

Bibliography

* Randall Clark. ''At a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1968 films 1968 crime films 1960s English-language films American crime films Films directed by William Grefe Allied Artists films 1960s American films {{crime-film-stub