The Hippie Temptation

Plot Summary

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!

Top Cast

Harry Reasoner Uptight Narrator

Jerry Garcia Dirty Hippie

Peter Coyote Digger

Bob Weir

Dr. David Smith Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor