Helter Skelter

Charlie’s desert drumbeat fades into a Los Angeles courtroom in August. A knife-scrawled swastika and a bloodied guitar neck sit in evidence. The Manson trial turns hippie pastoral into judicial horror. A Manson-era procedural straight from the embers of 1969.

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Tom Gries directed Helter Skelter in 1976. See Tom Gries's full filmography, where to start with Tom Gries, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tom Gries.

Helter Skelter was released in 1976 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 184 minutes.