R. P. M.
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stanley Kramer
Anthony Quinn
Gary Lockwood
Paul Winfield
Graham Jarvis
Alan Hewitt
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Synopsis
After a coalition of black and white students occupies the administration building of Hudson University and forces the college president to resign, the revolutionaries submit to the board of trustees a list of people whom they respect, among them Paco Perez. Consequently, Perez, a Puerto Rican sociology professor, is appointed acting president of the university to facilitate negotiations, thereby pitting the aging radical against many of his former student friends. Dempsey and Rossiter, respective leaders of the black and white factions, disagree on some matters, but when Perez informs them that three of their demands cannot be met, all the radicals stand fast in their refusal to leave the building. In addition to his lack of success with the negotiations, Perez' graduate student mistress, Rhoda, accuses him of sexual inadequacy. When the harassed Perez learns of a threat by Rossiter to destroy the university's $2,000,000 computer if their demands are not met, he calls in the police who provoke a riot by exploding tear gas and beating students, including Rhoda, who has joined the radicals. At the courthouse, Perez is congratulated by the board of directors for ending the crisis, but he is aware that the goals of the students were right, even if their methods were not; as he leaves the courthouse, he is booed by the student body.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Cast
Anthony Quinn
Gary Lockwood
Paul Winfield
Graham Jarvis
Alan Hewitt
Ramon Bieri
John Mcliam
Don Keefer
Donald Moffat
Norman Burton
John Zaremba
Inez Pedroza
Teda Bracci
Linda Meiklejohn
Bruce Fleischer
David Ladd
John David Wilder
Bradjose
Raymond Cavaleri
Henry Brown Jr.
Frank Alesia
Robert Carricart Jr.
Crew
Perry Botkin
Perry Botkin Jr.
Robert Clatworthy
Barry Devorzon
Barry Devorzon
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Wayne Fitzgerald
Les Fresholtz
Geza Gaspar
George Glass
George James Hopkins
Michel Hugo
Virginia Jones
Joe King
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Joe La Bella
John Livesley
William A. Lyon
Moss Mabry
Ralph Mccarthy
Melanie
Fred Phillips
Jack Roe
Marshall Schlom
Erich Segal
Roger Sherman Jr.
Robert Tracy
Ivan Volkman
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Notes
Location scenes filmed at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and in San Francisco. Also reviewed as R. P. M., Revolutions Per Minute.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States 1970
