The Harrad Experiment (1973)

During the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s, a private college embarks on an experiment of students assigned to pre-selected room mates of the opposite sex and suggesting sexual intimacy. Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer and directed by Ted Post (HANG 'EM HIGH). This is a dumb movie that shows how cracked the 1960s could be. It seems to think it's being daring and seriously exploring contemporary mores but it's nothing more than an exploitation movie. James Whitmore and Tippi Hedren (as the college's founders) get above the title billing but their characters are peripheral to the action. The focus is on an annoying uptight virgin (Laurie Walters) partnered with a promiscuous Romeo (Don Johnson) but it makes no sense that her character would enroll in a progressive college exploring open sexuality. As a time capsule, it has some value showing where our heads were at in the 60s but as cinema, it's pretty much a dud. With Bruno Kirby and Robert Middleton.