| Turn on to Love | |
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| Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
| Produced by | L.T. Kirtman Hank Rifkin |
| Written by | Fred Balachine Atlas Geodesic Herman Worth |
| Starring | Sharon Kent Richard Michaels Luigi Mastroianni |
| Music by | Harmon Thronebury |
| Cinematography | John G. Avildsen |
| Editing by | John G. Avildsen |
| Distributed by | Haven International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 19 December 1969 |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Turn on to Love is a 1969 film directed by John G. Avildsen and marks his directorial debut.
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A whole generation... going to pot!
A bored housewife starts spending time in liberal Greenwich Village, where she gets involved with pot-smoking hippies and an Italian filmmaker.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sharon Kent | Janice |
| Richard Michaels | Gerard |
| Luigi Mastroianni | Rico |
| Jackie Riley | Randy |
| Frank Rogers | Roach |
| Elizabeth Tarrington | Betty |
| Steven Wingate | Henry |
Roger Greenspun of The New York Times found the film average but liked the fact that it is not preachy when it comes to its subjects, and had harsh words for the lead actress:
| “ | Nothing extraordinary happens.... Janice, played by Sharon Kent, is a very attractive girl, good at everything except reading her lines.... Turn On to Love earns a real edge in the field of sex-cum-exposé because it respects its people and utterly avoids phony moral outrage.[1] | ” |
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