Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer. An Ivy League college incorporates a course on sexual relations into its curriculum.Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer. An Ivy League college incorporates a course on sexual relations into its curriculum.Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer. An Ivy League college incorporates a course on sexual relations into its curriculum.
Bruno Kirby
- Harry Schacht
- (as B. Kirby Jr.)
Sharon Ullrick
- Barbara
- (as Sharon Taggart)
Ted Cassidy
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Melanie Griffith
- Student
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTed Cassidy (of The Addams Family (1964) television series fame) was one of the screenwriters.
- GoofsWilson comes in after jogging and his green shirt is obviously sweaty on the back. He surprises Barbara and Stanley in the room and punches Stanley in the face. Stanley goes into the bathroom and when Wilson follows, there is obviously no sweat marks.
- Alternate versionsAll public domain VHS/DVD releases contain an edited-for-TV print that runs 88 minutes. The Brentwood Home Video DVD has the nudity left intact, but still runs under 90 minutes. The uncut version is only available on the 1980s Wizard Video VHS.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Famous T & A (1982)
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The Harrad Experiment (Ted Post, 1973) **1/2
This was more or less the KINSEY (2004) of its day, though clearly quaint in comparison; still, it is a measure of the times that the film caused a mild stir back then whereas KINSEY virtually made no ripples when it emerged! Anyway, HARRAD is mildly interesting (if perhaps too low-key to stay in the memory for long) in delineating the forward-thinking/experimentation that occurred in sexual relationships at the end of the 1960s. Incidentally, I rented the film as part of a small tribute to its recently-deceased star James Whitmore: of course, the middle-aged actor does not get in on the action (even if it is never particularly explicit); Tippi Hedren, then, appears as his still-attractive spouse/collaborator who even catches the eye of the campus hunk (Don Johnson, interestingly the long-time partner of Hedren's real-life daughter Melanie Griffith!). The rest of the cast is filled with fresh faces (including future comedian Bruno Kirby[!]
but especially notable is lovely and initially shy heroine Laurie Walters who, in her turn, is pursued by leering Robert Middleton at a nearby café). Unsurprisingly, partners get swapped (whether intended or not) which invariably cause heartbreaks, but there is also some cheap humor at the expense of a bespectacled and plump student. While director Post was more at home in action-oriented fare, he handles the delicate subject matter with directness and reasonable perception; besides, the film looks good, sports a typical 1970s pop score (one of the songs being performed by Johnson himself) and, for what it is worth, was even followed a year later by a sequel, HARRAD SUMMER.
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- Mar 11, 2009
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- Harrad Deneyi
- Filming locations
- Pasadena, California, USA(Harrad College)
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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