Naïve political rabble-rouser from American International Pictures casts Christopher Jones as a sexy pop star who is elected President of the United States after the voting age is lowered to 14. Screenwriter Robert Thom, working from his short story "The Day it All Happened, Baby", addresses heady issues but in a campy manner, skimping on anything too harrowing for the sake of his target audience (presumably around 14 or so themselves). Thom also leaves out a major part of the story--the voting process--in favor of an 'ironic' subplot which parallels a chapter of World War II! The picture does look good and sound good, and it has fine acting from Jones, Shelley Winters as his mother, Diane Varsi, Millie Perkins and, in a bit, Richard Pryor. One Oscar nomination: Best Editing (Fred R. Feitshans Jr., Eve Newman). **1/2 from ****
Review of Wild in the Streets
