Shampoo (1975)

Warren Beatty produced and starred in this farce set on the eve of the 1968 election that brought Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew into office.

Harebrained Beverly Hills coiffeur George (Beatty) is shagged out trying to keep his fiancée Jill (Goldie Hawn) happy while attending to all his clients’ needs.

He is also tired of working in salons owned by Norman (Jay Robinson), but he is unable to raise the cash he needs to set up on his own.

After sleeping with Lester’s (Jack Warden) wife and daughter, he asks him for the money.

Lester is himself secretly stepping out with George’s ex, the moody, alcoholic Jackie (Julie Christie), and agrees to think it over – but George makes the mistake of sleeping with Jackie in front of both Lester and Jill . . .

Christie, rocking a backless black sequined Jean Varon gown, is a hoot as she drunkenly tries to fellate her ex at a posh dinner party.

Hearing Norman’s son has been pulped to death, George is bummed out and re-evaluates his whole swinging existence, and asks Jackie to come have babies with him.

She has decided, however, to run away with Lester and his money, leaving George as the loneliest hairdresser in LA.

Then Nixon gets voted in . . .

George
Warren Beatty
Jackie
Julie Christie
Jill
Goldie Hawn
Felicia
Lee Grant
Lester
Jack Warden
Johnny Pope
Tony Bill
Mr Pettis
George Furth
Norman
Jay Robinson
Mary
Ann Weldon
Devra
Luana Anders
Dennis
Randy Scheer
Gloria
Susanna Moore
Lorna
Carrie Fisher
Ricci
Mike Olton
Detective Younger
Richard E. Kalk

Director
Hal Ashby