The Harrad Experiment (1973)

	Directed by: Ted Post	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Eksperimentet på Harrad College RUNNING TIME 97 minutes
	Produced by: Noel Marshall Mel Sokolow Dennis F. Stevens
	Written by (based on the novel by Robert H. Rimmer): Michael Werner Ted Cassidy

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Philip Tenhausen	James Whitmore
Margaret Tenhausen	Tippi Hedren
Stanley Cole	Don Johnson
Harry Schacht	Bruno Kirby	½
Sheila Grove	Laurie Walters	½
Beth Hillyer	Victoria Thompson

Review

Obscure, intellectualised (and slightly voyeuristic) exploration of the aftermath of the sexual revolution. Professor Philip Tenhausen and his wife Margaret (James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren) run a private college in which the students are encouraged to explore their sexuality and embrace the newfound "free love" concept, while also observing and acknowledging their propensity for jealousy and possessiveness. Don Johnson plays the young playboy who enrolls and finds his frivolous habits challenged by his roommate Sheila (Laurie Walters) and her deeper emotional attraction. Though largely dismissed as trashy and simplistic by contemporary critics, The Harrad Experiment has stood the test of time quite well and offers a much more complex and nuanced narrative than it is usually given credit for. At its heart, the film is as sweet and gullible as a puppy. Johnson is sexy in the lead and demonstrates far more talent as Stanley Cole than he was typically able to utilise during his more thematically one-note 1980s career. And Whitmore's disarming presence as the professor almost makes discussing sex with your grandfather seem like a viable option.